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THERE is no more fascinating chapter in the history of science than that which deals which physiology, but a concise and at the same time compendious account of the early history of the subject has never before been presented to the English reader. Physiologists therefore owe a debt of gratitude to Sir Michael Foster for supplying a want which was widely felt. The following is a short account of the contents of the book, to which no higher praise can be given than to say that it is worthy of the reputation of its author.
Lectures on the History of Physiology during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries.
By Sir M. Foster, Professor of Physiology in the University of Cambridge. Pp. 310. (Cambridge: University Press.)
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S., E. Lectures on the History of Physiology during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries . Nature 64, 417–421 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064417a0
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