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THE HEALING ART.
WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
THE BROWNING CYCLOPÆDIA.
A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert
Browning, with copious Explanatory Notes and
References on all difficult passages. Second Edition.
Pp. xx., 572. Price 10s. 6d.
SLjƽŧ OǙƗƿƗLjƿǪ Ljż ǵƒŧ PǡŧǪǪ.
“Conscientious and painstaking.”—Times.
“A serviceable book, and deserves to be widely bought.”—The
Spectator.
“A book of far-reaching research and careful industry.”—
Scotsman.
“A most learned and creditable piece of work.”—Vanity Fair.
“A monument of industry and devotion.”—Bookman.
BROWNING’S MESSAGE TO HIS TIME:
His Religion, Philosophy, and Science. With
Portrait and Facsimile Letters. Third Edition. Price 3s.
6d.
[Dilettante Library.]
OǙƗƿƗLjƿǪ Ljż ǵƒŧ PǡŧǪǪ.
“Full of admiration and sympathy.”—Saturday Review.
“Should have a wide circulation; it is interesting and stimulative.”—
Literary World.
“We have no hesitation in strongly recommending this little volume to any who desire to understand the moral and mental attitude of
Robert Browning.... We are much obliged to Dr. Berdoe for his volume.”—Oxford University Herald.
EXPELLING THE DISEASE-DEMON.
[Frontispiece.
Title Page
THE ORIGIN AND GROWTH
OF
THE HEALING ART
A POPULAR HISTORY OF MEDICINE
IN ALL AGES AND COUNTRIES.
BY
EDWARD BERDOE,
Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; Member of the Royal College of
Surgeons, England; Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries, London, etc., etc.
Author of “The Browning Cyclopædia,” etc., etc.
London
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO.
PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1893
BǼǵƯŧǡ & Tĵƿƿŧǡ,
Tƒŧ SŧƯ΅LjLjŠ PǡƗƿǵƗƿƄ WLjǡƫǪ,
FǡLjƽŧ, ĵƿŠ LLjƿŠLjƿ.
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