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Samuel Johnson (circa 1769)
Samuel Johnson was a poet, critic, lexicographer, and the author of the famous Dictionary, which he began in 1747. In 1755, Johnson's Dictionary appeared in two large folio volumes. It represented about 9 years of work and was written almost single handedly. Johnson had only the assistance of a few amanuenses to copy out the quotations he marked. Johnson originally approached Lord Chesterfield ...
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here, to the status of medical practitioners they were granted at the time. Sceptical of the claim of doctors to a superior skill, Jones presents the conflict as one of power and gender, rather than as a clash between science and superstition Beside filling a wide gap in our knowledge of the historical reality of hospitals, the book is a major contribution to the reassessment of prevailing assu...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Notes and Queries
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0029-3970,1471-6941
DOI: 10.1093/notesj/gjy022