The Evolution of Modern Medicine

by William Osler

Overview

This work, composed originally for a lay audience and for popular consumption, will be to the aspiring medical student and the hardworking practitioner a lift into the blue, an inspiring vista or "Pisgah-sight" of the evolution of medicine, a realization of what devotion, perseverance,.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9786057876966
Publisher:	E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Publication date:	04/01/1913
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.61(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

William Osler

Table of Contents

THE SILLIMAN FOUNDATION

PREFACE

CHAPTER I — ORIGIN OF MEDICINE

INTRODUCTION

ORIGIN OF MEDICINE

EGYPTIAN MEDICINE

ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN MEDICINE

HEBREW MEDICINE

CHINESE AND JAPANESE MEDICINE

CHAPTER II — GREEK MEDICINE

ASKLEPIOS

HIPPOCRATES AND THE HIPPOCRATIC WRITINGS

ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL

GALEN

CHAPTER III — MEDIAEVAL MEDICINE

SOUTH ITALIAN SCHOOL

BYZANTINE MEDICINE

ARABIAN MEDICINE

THE RISE OF THE UNIVERSITIES

MEDIAEVAL MEDICAL STUDIES

MEDIAEVAL PRACTICE

ASTROLOGY AND DIVINATION

CHAPTER IV — THE RENAISSANCE AND THE RISE OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

PARACELSUS

VESALIUS

HARVEY

CHAPTER V — THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MEDICINE

INTERNAL SECRETIONS

CHEMISTRY

CHAPTER VI — THE RISE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

SANITATION

TUBERCULOSIS