Great Doctors of the Nineteenth Century
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English literature is by no means rich in medical biographies and any worthy additions to the historical shelves of our libraries are very welcome indeed. These seventeen essays on distinguished doctors of the last century are important from an historical point of view, and they also form very good reading matter. The biographies are peculiarly satisfying, but it is hard to say what is the particular quality that makes them so. We are told a little about the forebears of each of these great men; although in some cases this amounts to little more than the classical opening of the ' poor but honest parents' type, it is sufficient to
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دوره 71 شماره
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تاریخ انتشار 1936