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Anaerobic bacteria, 257

Anaesthesia, 162, 235-7

Analgesia, 237

Anatomy, 122, 138; of Galen, 55-6; Medieval, 72-6; Renaissance, 82-92; earlier 19th cent., 204; Morbid, 156-9

Anatomy Act (1832), 193

Aneurysm, 166

Animal Spirit, 58

Animism, see Nature-Worship

Aniseed, 322

Ann Arbor, 328

Anthrax, 229-34, 250-1, 261

Antibodies, 262, 268-9, 330, 333

Antidiphtheritic serum, 264

Antirachitics, 312-13

Antiseptic Surgery, 235, 237-43.

Antiseptics, 162

Antitoxins, 264-5, 325

Antoninus, Emperor, Statute of (160), 46

Apertorium, the, 164

Aphorisms, the, 256

Appendicitis, 336

Aqueducts, Roman, 46

Arabic Drugs, 323

Arabic Medicine, 66-8

Aricia, 12

Aristophanes, 29

Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), 1, 14, 27-35, 37, 69, 86

Arles, 42

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