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  • Approaching us warily they finally revealed that Noyon (Prince) of Todji had ordered them to drive the herds along the Buret Hei into Mongolia, apprehending the pillaging of the Red Partisans.

    Beasts, Men and Gods Ferdinand Ossendowski 1910

  • I saw only one way -- to turn sharp to the southeast, pass the swampy valley of the Buret Hei and reach the south shore of Lake

    Beasts, Men and Gods Ferdinand Ossendowski 1910

  • We traveled quickly along the winding trail of the Buret Hei and in two days began to make the elevations of the mountain pass between the valleys of the Buret Hei and Kharga.

    Beasts, Men and Gods Ferdinand Ossendowski 1910

  • Buret finds evidence of traces of syphilis among the Chinese five thousand years ago, among the

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Buret traces the origin of the word syphilis from, with, and, love, the companion of love; which means in plain language that the pox is a disease transmitted more especially by venereal relations.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • VIII of France; but in later days many investigators, prominent among them Buret, have stated that there is distinct evidence of the existence of syphilis in prehistoric times.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • -- Heretofore the best evidence has seemed to prove that syphilis had its origin in 1494, during the siege of Naples by Charles VIII. of France; but in later days many investigators, prominent among them Buret, have stated that there is distinct evidence of the existence of syphilis in prehistoric times.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Buret finds evidence of traces of syphilis among the Chinese five thousand years ago, among the Egyptians at the time of the Pharaohs, among the Hebrews and Hindoos in biblic times, and among the Greeks and Romans after Christ.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Buret traces the origin of the word syphilis from sun, with, and filia, love, the companion of love; which means in plain language that the pox is a disease transmitted more especially by venereal relations.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • I may remark, in passing, that the much-lamented Buret regarded the idea of the existence of monopolists as a popular prejudice.

    System of Economical Contradictions: or, the Philosophy of Misery 1888

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