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Stahl, George Ernest (1660-1734), 132-3, 151, 288

Starling, E. H. (1866-1927), 308

Statistics, Medical, 334-50; Vital, 166-8

Stavesacre, 323

Stethoscope, the, 160-1

Stoic Philosophy, 54

Stomach, Ruminant, 28

Storax, 323

Strychnine, 326

Sublimation, 294-5

Superstition, 3, 6

Suprarenal bodies, 306-7

Surgery: Greek, 49; Medieval, 76-7; Renaissance, 92-4; 18th cent., 161-6; Modern, 243-9

Süssmilch, J. P. (1707-82), 167-8

Swammerdam, J. J. (1637-80), 39, 121-3, 140, 143

Switzerland, 303

Sydenham, Thomas (1624-89), 96, 100-2, 282, 342

Sylvius, Franciscus (1614-72), 131-2, 139, 148

Syphilis, 98-9, 162, 251, 269, 291, 330-2, 337

Telescope, the, 105

Temperaments, Four, 97

Terebinth, 323

Tetanus (Lockjaw), 23, 256-8, 260, 264, 265; immunization, 266-7

Thaddeus of Florence (1223-1303), 72

Theophrastus (372-287 B.C.), 35

Thermometer, the, 108-9; clinical, 159

Theseus, 12

Thessaly, 14

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