Fracastorius
Americannoun
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Fracastorius draws a remarkable parallel between the processes of contagion and the fermentation of wine.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
A good idea of the accomplishment of the medical teachers of the time may be judged very well from the life of Fracastorius.
From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.
Fracastorius beautifully illustrates this in his “Naugerius, sive De Poeticâ Dialogus.”
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
The evil of which Fracastorius sang is combated by sudorifics, by unguents of oil and sulphur, and especially by the sand-bath.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
POLYBIUS.—A ring-plain, about 17 miles in diameter, in the hilly region S.E. of Fracastorius.
From The Moon A Full Description and Map of its Principal Physical Features by Elger, Thomas Gwyn
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