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The History of Ophthalmology: The Renaissance of Ophthalmology in the 18th Century

Archives of Ophthalmology, 1985
This is the third volume to appear in the English translation of Hirschberg's historical series. (Volume 2, as yet, has not been issued.) The elegance of this book exceeds that of the previous volumes with its superb color plates, profuse and beautifully executed copies of woodcuts and engravings, and facsimiles of title pages of old classics.
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Notes On Tibetan History of the 18Th Century

T'oung Pao, 1966
A5DL Autobiography of the Fifth Dalai-Lama (Za hor gyi ban de nag dban blo bzan rgya mts'o'i 'di snain 'k'rul pa'i rol rtsad rtogs brjod kyi ts'ul du bkod pa du ku la'i gos bzan); vols. Ca, C'a, Ja of the gsun-'bum; T6hoku 5588. The inner numeration of the three volumes (followed here) is Ka, K'a, Ga.
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The History of Mali: Connectivity and State Formation since the 18th Century

2020
The Republic of Mali comprises a very diverse population spread over a vast territory composed of a large part of the southern Sahara, the Sahel, and the savannah. One of the world’s great rivers, the Niger, runs through much of the national territory, reaching its northern apex near Timbuktu.
Madina Thiam, Gregory Mann
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18th century linguistic mentality and history of the Galician language

Sociolinguistic Studies, 2002
The Iberian Peninsula of the 18th century was characterized by the institutional reinforcement of the ideal of a unified Spain and, on the other side of the border, by the reaffirmation of Portuguese independence after the 16th and 17th century era of submission.
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A History of Russian Conservatism, from the 18th Century to the End of the 20th Century

2019
This chapter provides a brief historical survey of Russian conservative ideology over the past two centuries.
Loukianov, Mikhail, Mjør, Kåre Johan, Rabow-Edling, Susanna, Suslov, Mikhail   +3 more
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The History of the Definition(s)of Death: From the 18th Century to the 20th Century

2008
One of the more problematical issues in intensive care is not so much what death “is” but instead when death occurs and the operational criteria used to confirm it. This treatise will examine the history of the determination of death from the 18th century until the mid-20th century, focusing on the ways in which death has been diagnosed and ...
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Writing the History of Israel in the 17th & 18th Centuries

1992
What we call, rightly or wrongly, the scientific writing of the history of ancient Israel, did not emerge until the 19th century. It depended upon the development of source criticism, that is, the investigation of the Iiterary and other sources that lay behind the narratives of the Old Testament in their final form, and the reconstruction of their ...
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A Brief History of the Internet from the 15th to the 18th Century

2012
Technological innovations, particularly those affecting knowledge production, bring with them a new set of anxieties and concerns. The massive growth of Wikipedia as a collaborative encyclopaedia, which can be edited by anyone, has raised a number of concerns. These range from teachers who feel that it has become far easier for their students to do
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A History of Neurophysiology in the 17th and 18th Centuries: From Concept to Experiment

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
Mary Brazier, a well-known neuroscientist, has produced an excellent review of the scientific developments between 1600 and 1800 that led to the formation of the discipline of neurophysiology in the 19th century. She uses the lives of major scientific figures to build a narrative of scientific progress.
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Translation Studies and the History of Science: The Greek Textbooks of the 18th Century

Science & Education, 2006
The process of translation has been studied extensively from a philological point of view, and has been lately regarded as a creative activity, during which the translated text is not treated in isolation from the circumstances of its reception. Current research has related communicational and functional approaches with concepts such as authorship ...
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