[PDF] Letter To Sir Benjamin Brodie eBook

Author : Benjamin Brodie
Publisher : Hansebooks
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 17,52 MB
Release : 2019-05-21
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ISBN : 9783337780692

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A Letter to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., P. R. S. - in reply to his letter in is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1861. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Author : Sir Benjamin Brodie
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Page : 6 pages
File Size : 26,63 MB
Release : 1802
Category : Letters
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Comprises 2 autograph letters from Brodie to Charles Taylor dated 2 April 1812 and to an unnamed recipient dated 21 October 1852 (with a transcript for the former), 1 autograph receipt from Thomas Brodie dated 12 February 1802 concerning money received from William Inglis Taylor and naming Mr John Ball, surgeon of Edinburgh, 1 autographed printed portrait of Brodie as Queen Victoria's surgeon with a typed caption, 2 obituaries from the Daily Telegraph of 24 October 1862 and Fisher Unwin's biography in 'Masters of Medicine', 1898, and 1 undated press account of 'A lecture at St. Vincent's Hospital'.

Author : William Sharp
Publisher : General Books
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 2012-01-01
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ISBN : 9781458914064

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1861 Excerpt: ... LECTURE V. Matt. V. I I.-- Give us this day our daily bread' THIS petition commences what Calvin calls the second table of the Lord's Prayer. Hitherto, occupying, as is most fitting, the first place in the prayer, have been petitions relative to God, His glory and kingdom; now, in the second part, there are petitions for ourselves. The first division of the prayer says, Thy name, Thy kingdom, Thy will; the second part says, Give us, forgive us, lead us, deliver us. This is the true order of prayer--first, God and His glory; secondly, man and his interests. In this second table, the first supplication is for Daily Bread. Bread--life's commonest necessity, that for which man first cares and craves. In eminent harmony with that religion which the Lord Jesus taught, this prayer is most practical. The Divine Founder of Christianity, who took not on Him the nature of angels, but took on Him the seed of Abraham, being made like unto His brethren, could, therefore, fully sympathise with everything that is in, or really belongs to man. He could say, with a comprehensiveness and depth of meaning such as the Roman poet never knew, I am a man, and deem nothing that is human foreign to me. Therefore, that religion which our Lord gave, continually recognises and provides for all that is truly human in man. They mistake greatly who imagine that Christianity is merely contemplative, visionary, transcendental. It is most practical. True, its promises reach away beyond time, its hopes are radiant with a mysterious glory, it discourses of eternity and immortal life; yet its mission is to accompany man in the thoroughfares of business and in the fields of pleasure, to deal with everyday wants and life's commonest relations. Like the ladder of the patria...

Author : William Sharp
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 16,63 MB
Release : 2017-12-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780484069441

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Excerpt from A Letter to Sir Benjamin C. Brodie, Bart., P. R. S., In Reply to His Letter in 'Fraser's Magazine' for September, 1861 Much prejudice and animosity are exhibited on both sides, which cannot [fail to damage the whole body. No one can regret this more than I do. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.