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heal th sciences , and the societ ies in which

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The externa l carot id from Anatomy, descript ive and surgical by Henry Gray, FRS

(London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , 1897) , page 556.

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“The Genuine Finsen l ight” from The e lectro-therapeutic guide, or, A thousand quest ions asked and

answered by Homer Clark Bennett (Lima, Ohio: Li terary Dept . of the Nat iona l Col lege of

Electro-Therapeut ics, 1907) , page 190.

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“Capi l la ry network of the pulmonary b lood -vessels in the human lung” from Hand-book of

physiology by W. Morrant Baker (London: John Murray) , page 268.

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Laryngoscope employed wi th art i f ic ia l l ight from The principles and pract i ce of surgery

(New York: W. Wood & Co. , 1892) , page 680.

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Bacchus and S i lenus from Evolution and Disease by Si r John Bland -Sutton

(New York: Scribner & Welford , 1890), page 55.

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“The arch of the aorta and i ts branches” from Anatomy, descript ive and surgical by Henry Gray

and Thomas Pickering (Phi lade lphia : Lea brothers & co. , 1887) , page 503.

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I l lustra t ion of a f luoroscopic examination from A pract i cal treatise on medical diagnosis

for students and physic ians by John Herr Musser

(Phi lade lphia and New York: Lea , 1904), p 545.

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Dove wi th an accessory wing from Evolution and Disease by Si r John Bland -Sutton

(New York: Scribner & Welford , 1890), page 114.

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Hand-book o f cal isthenic s and gymnasti cs : a complete dr i l l -book for schools , familie s , and gymnasiums by

J . Madison Watson (New York and Phi ladelphia : Schermerhorn, Bancroft & co. , 1864) ,

f ront isp iece. Avai lable v ia https ://archive.org/stream/handbookofcal i s t00wats/

handbookofcal is t00wats#page/n347/mode/1up

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Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (London: Pr inted by J . Grismond for Nath: Brooke,

a t the ange l in Cornhi l l , 1652) , page 51.

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