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Venice, 81

Ventilation, 146, 147

Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64), 85-92, 108, 135, 140

Vespasian, Emperor (1st cent.), 42

Victoria, Queen, 195

Vienna, 158, 160, 215, 236, 243

Virchow, R. (1821-1902), 222, 238, 253, 258, 264

Vital Spirit, 58

Vital Statistics, 166-8

Vitalism, 127, 132-3

Vitamins, 311-13

Volta, Alessandro (1745-1827), 149-50

Voltaic pile, 149

Waller, A. V. (1816-70), 238

Wassermann, August von (1866-), 269

Water, 156

Water Supply, 178

Wells, Horace (1815-45), 237

Wells, Thomas Spencer (1818-97), 243-5

Whooping Cough, 98

Widal, F. (1862-), 268

William of Saliceto (1215?-1280?), 72

Withering, W. (1741-99), 328

Wöhler, Friedrich (1800-82), 206, 214, 327

Wormwood, 323

Wright, A. (1861-), 223

Würzburg, 222

X-rays, 244-5, 247

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