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... Perkins ' discovery was promulgated in 1796 . In two years the Tractors were introduced into England , and some other European countries . In eight years Perkinism , as it was called , was so tri- umphant , that a Perkinean institution ...
... Perkins ' discovery was promulgated in 1796 . In two years the Tractors were introduced into England , and some other European countries . In eight years Perkinism , as it was called , was so tri- umphant , that a Perkinean institution ...
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... Perkinean institution , so changeable is the popular medical mind , the Tractors were spoken of as being almost forgotten ; and at the present time it is almost impossible to find a pair of them as relics of a past folly , and if the ...
... Perkinean institution , so changeable is the popular medical mind , the Tractors were spoken of as being almost forgotten ; and at the present time it is almost impossible to find a pair of them as relics of a past folly , and if the ...
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