The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 2

Name: The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 2
Author: Browne, Thomas, Sir

Browne, Thomas, Sir

Christianity; Ethics; Religion and medicine

Of Griffins,                                                 1
Of the Phœnix,                                               4
Of Frogs, Toads, and Toad-stone,                            13
Of the Salamander,                                          18
Of the Amphisbæna,                                          22
Of the Viper,                                               26
Of Hares,                                                   33
Of Moles, or Molls,                                         42
Of Lampries,                                                46
Of Snayls,                                                  48
Of the Chameleon,                                           50
Of the Ostrich,                                             62
Of Unicorns Horn,                                           66
That all animals of the Land, are in their kind in the Sea, 73
Concerning the common course of Diet, in making choice of
         some Animals, and abstaining from eating others,          76
Of Sperma-Ceti, and the Sperma-Ceti Whale,                  85
Compendiously of Sundry Tenents concerning other Animals,
         which examined, prove either false or dubious,            89
Of some others,                                            103

  THE FOURTH BOOK:

Of the Erectness of Man,                                   109
Of the Heart,                                              113
Of Pleurisies,                                             116
Of the Ring-finger,                                        117
Of the right and left Hand,                                122
Of Swimming and Floating,                                  134
Concerning Weight,                                         138
Of the passage of Meat and Drink,                          142
Of Sneezing,                                               144
Of the Jews,                                               147
Of Pigmies,                                                155
Of the great Climacterical year, that is, Sixty-three,     160
Of the Canicular or Dog daies,                             183

  THE FIFTH BOOK:

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The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 2

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