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Triumphs and Wonders of the 19th Century: The True Mirror of a Phenomenal Era A volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress

Boyd, James P. (James Penny), 1836-1910· 3 chapters· 8,243 words

investigation, discovery, and deduction in medical science. The nervous system was his particular forte; and he discovered the most important principle that the brain is divided into two parts, each having its corresponding division in the spinal marrow, and that one set of ne...

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3. d. April 19, 1824), is a remarkable instance of a poet of marvelous

natural powers, mingling good and evil in accordance with the whim that took him; yet exhibiting distinctly, through it all, evidences of a great soul and genius. He created an...

1. d. April 29, 1842), is a shining example of patience and genius for

investigation, discovery, and deduction in medical science. The nervous system was his particular forte; and he discovered the most important principle that the brain is divided...

2. d. January 18, 1873), was novelist, poet, dramatist, and essayist,

and ranked as one of the most versatile and classical authors of the century. Through his plays, poetry, and novels he introduced a new literary era, and was the leader, if not...