ore invaluable as a work of reference for those who wish to
study the subject of physiology exhaustively. As a complete treatise
on a subject of such interest, it should be in the libraries of
literary and scientific men, as well as in the hands of practitioners
and students of medicine. Illustrations are introduced wherever they
are necessary for the elucidation of the text.

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=THE NATIVE RACES OF THE PACIFIC STATES.=

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=A BRIEF HISTORY OF CULTURE.=

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=THE HISTORY OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RELIGION AND SCIENCE.=

By JOHN W. DRAPER, M.D., author of "The Intellectual Development of
Europe." 1 vol., 12mo. Cloth. Price, $1.75.

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