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“Very many maintain that all we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown. —William Harvey, De motu cordis (1628)”
― Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
― Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
“Montpellier produced nearly 40 percent of all physicians in France, but the university had a troubled reputation as a party school where medical students were just as likely to drink and cavort with prostitutes as they were to learn the intricacies of the Hippocratic corpus.”
― Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
― Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution
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Tamara wrote: "Saw you on t.v. the other day and you were great. It was fun to see you."Hi Tamara! Thanks for the nice note--it was a fun experience. You should have heard the whole family scream when we watched it all together!
All my best, Holly
Saw you on t.v. the other day and you were great. It was fun to see you.
