morbid anatomy
Britishnoun
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In Italy, too, there were men who caught the new spirit, and appreciated the value of combining morbid anatomy with clinical medicine.
From The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 by Osler, William
Whoever wishes to be well acquainted with the morbid anatomy of governments, whoever wishes to know how great states may be made feeble and wretched, should study the history of Spain.
From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
His plays, his rhyming plays in particular, are admirable subjects for those who wish to study the morbid anatomy of the drama.
From Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron
It shows unusual talent and thought—skill in the morbid anatomy of the soul.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various
How comes it that, with so thoroughly healthy an organization as you have, you have such a taste for the morbid anatomy of the human heart, and such a knowledge of it, too?
From A Study of Hawthorne by Lathrop, George Parsons
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