The Evolution of Modern Medicine

by William Osler

Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Evolution of Modern Medicine by William Osler

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781787361690
Publisher:	Interactive Media
Publication date:	03/29/2020
Series:	Medical Library
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	859 KB

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