ROBERT MACNISH
\ɹˈɒbət mˈaknɪʃ], \ɹˈɒbət mˈaknɪʃ], \ɹ_ˈɒ_b_ə_t m_ˈa_k_n_ɪ_ʃ]\
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A noted Scottish medical and miscellaneous writer; born at Glasgow, Feb. 15, 1802; died there, Jan. 16, 1837. He was a contributor to Blackwood's and Fraser's, over the signature "The Modern Pythagorean". His best-known works are: "Anatomy of Drunkenness" (10th ed. 1854), and "Philosophy of Sleep" (new ed. 1854). A second edition of his "Book of Aphorisms" appeared in 1840; "The Modern Pythagorean" (containing tales, essays, and sketches, with life) in 1844.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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