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Botany, 95-6, 138

Boyle, Robert (1627-91), 35, 101, 124-6, 151

Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601), 103, 135

Brain, Aristotle on, 29-30

Bretonneau, Pierre (1771-1862), 185, 253

Broca, Paul (1824-80), 211

Brownlee, John (1868-1927), 348-9

Bruce, David (1885-), 255

Bruno, Giordano (1548-1600), 102-3

Brunton, T. Lauder (1844-1916), 329

Brussels, 85

Bubonic Plague, 201

Caesar, Julius (102-44 B.C.), 45, 46

Caesarean Section, 45

Caffeine, 326

Cambridge, 111, 311

Camomile, 322

Canada, 290

Cancers, 223-4, 337-9, 359

Cannabis indica, 322

Caraway, 322

Carbohydrates, 311

Carbolic Acid, 239-40

Carbon dioxide, 153, 155-6

Cardamoms, 322

Carpenter, Mary (1807-77), 300

Carrel, Alexis (1873-), 248

Carrier Problem, 269-70

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