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Behring, Emil von (1854-1917), 264, 266

Bell, Sir Charles (1774-1842), 145, 207, 213

Belladonna, 322

Bentham, Jeremy (1748-1832), 178, 190-2, 192-3

Bergmann, Ernst von (1836-1907), 248

Beri-Beri, 272, 313

Berlin, 222, 230, 248, 321

Bernard, Claude (1813-78), 213-15, 229, 326

Bethlem Hospital, 286

Biggs, Hermann M., 202

Binz, Karl (1832-1912), 328

Biology, 132, 139

Bismuth, 325

Bitumen, 322

Black, Joseph (1728-99), 151-3

Black Death, the, 80-1

Blood, Circulation of, 111-20, 146

Blood-letting, 39

Blood-poisoning, 239

Blood-pump, mercurial, 218

Board of Health, 194-6

Boerhaave, Hermann (1668-1738), 122, 139-42, 151, 156-7, 169-70

Bologna, 71-4, 76, 116, 149

Bonn, 205, 222

Bordeaux, 42

Bordet, Jules (1870-), 269

Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso (1608-79), 39, 129-31

Boston, Mass., 198

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