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Esquirol, Jean Étienne D. (1772-1840), 288-9

Ether, 235, 237

Evolution, Organic, 27, 31

--, theory of, 204

Exotoxins, 260, 266

Experimental Medicine, 211-19

Eye, the, and its Disorders, 313-22

Fabricius, Jerome, of Aquapendente (1537-1619), 109-11

‘Far Sight’, 316-18

Farr, W. (1807-83), 343-5

Fat, 311

Federal Health Service, 200

Fennel, 322

Fermentation, 225-8, 230, 239

Ferrier, D. (1843-), 211

Fevers, 67, 101, 169, 171-2, 174, 185, 194, 200-1, 243, 254-5, 258-9; see also specific fevers (Malaria, Typhoid, Yellow, &c.)

Fliedner, Frederica (1800-42), 297

Fliedner, Theodor (1800-64), 297

Floyer, Sir J. (1649-1734), 159

Foxglove, see Digitalis

Fracastoro, Girolamo (1483-1553), 96, 98

Fractures, 246-8

Frankfurt, 330

Franklin, Benjamin (1706-90), 171

Freud, S. (1856-), 293

Fry, Elizabeth (1780-1845), 171, 297

Galbanum, 322

Galen of Pergamum (130-200), 1, 39, 50-3, 320; his Medical System, 53-60; in the Renaissance, 82-90

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