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In the last hour the pain and throbbing (_percussio_) ceased entirely, and the woman begged me to bleed her again from the hand, for she had experienced great relief.
Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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The universal is reduced to an emission of sound (flatus vocis), in conformity with Boethius s definition: Nihil enim aliud est prolatio (vocis) quam aeris plectro linguae percussio.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Gurlt, p. 704: "_Multoties fit percussio in anteriori parte cranei et craneum in parte frangitur contraria.
Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages James Joseph Walsh 1903
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Non enim percussus, inquit, aer, sed plaga ipsa atque percussio, vox est: ouk haplos plege aeros estin he phone; plettei gar ton aera kai daktulos paragomenos, kai oudepo poiei phonen; all 'he pose plege, kai sphodra, kai tose de hoste akousten genesthai. "
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