A concordance to Erasmus Darwin's poem `The Botanic Garden'

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  • Janet Browne
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exemplificatory, and by concentrating on what is available close at hand, they are inviting others in France to follow them. "Go and do thou likewise" could well be the book's motto, and it will be interesting to see how many adopt it. Even those who consider themselves already sufficiently expert not to require basic instruction should not neglect some of its admonitions, and the traveller to Paris who has read this book will arrive with a heightened appreciation of what might be found in some of its institutions, whether hospitals, libraries, or picture galleries.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Medical History

دوره 40  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996