The Harvard Classics Volume 38 / Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
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The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF FERMENTATION LOUIS PASTEUR TRANSLATED BY F. FAULKNER AND D. C. ROBB (Revised)
THE GERM THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY (Revised) . … .. LOUIS PASTEUR TRANSLATED BY H. C. ERNST
ON THE EXTENSION OF THE GERM THEORY TO THE ETIOLOGY OF CERTAIN COMMON DISEASES (Revised) LOUIS PASTEUR TRANSLATED BY H. C. ERNST
Hippocrates, the celebrated Greek physician, was a contemporary of the historian Herodotus. He was born in the island of Cos between 470 and 460 B. C., and belonged to the family that claimed descent from the mythical AEsculapius, son of Apollo. There was already a long medical tradition in Greece before his day, and this he is supposed to have inherited chiefly through his predecessor Herodicus; and he enlarged his education by extensive travel. He is said, though the evidence is unsatisfactory, to have taken part in the efforts to check the great plague which devastated Athens at the beginning of the Peloponnesian war. He died at Larissa between 380 and 360 B. C.
The works attributed to Hippocrates are the earliest extant Greek medical writings, but very many of them are certainly not his. Some five or six, however, are generally granted to be genuine, and among these is the famous Oath. This interesting document shows that in his time physicians were already organized into a corporation or guild, with regulations for the training of disciples, and with an esprit de corps and a professional ideal which, with slight exceptions, can hardly yet be regarded as out of date.
One saying occurring in the words of Hippocrates has achieved universal currency, though few who quote it to-day are aware that it originally referred to the art of the physician. It is the first of his Aphorisms : Life is short, and the Art long; the occasion fleeting; experience fallacious, and judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate.
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CONTENTS
THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES
THE LAW OF HIPPOCRATES
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE OATH OF HIPPOCRATES
THE LAW OF HIPPOCRATES
JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES
JOURNEYS IN DIVERSE PLACES
THE JOURNEY TO MAROLLE AND LOW BRITTANY. 1543
THE JOURNEY TO PERPIGNAN. 1543
THE JOURNEY TO LANDRESY. 1544
THE JOURNEY TO GERMANY. 1552
THE JOURNEY TO DANVILLIERS. 1552
THE JOURNEY TO CHATEAU LE COMTE. 1552
THE JOURNEY TO METZ. 1552
THE JOURNEY TO HESDIN. 1553
BATTLE OF SAINT QUENTIN. 1557
THE JOURNEY TO THE CAMP AT AMIENS. 1558
THE JOURNEY TO BOURGES. 1562
THE JOURNEY TO ROUEN. 1562
THE BATTLE OF DREUX. 1562
THE JOURNEY TO HAVRE DE GRACE. 1563
THE JOURNEY TO BAYONNE. 1564
BATTLE OF SAINT DENIS, 1567
VOYAGE OF THE BATTLE OF MONCONTOUR. 1569
THE JOURNEY TO FLANDERS. 1569
ON THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN ANIMALS BY WILLIAM HARVEY TRANSLATED BY ROBERT WILLIS AND REVISED BY ALEXANDER BOWIE
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
DEDICATION
INTRODUCTION
ON THE MOTION OF THE HEART AND BLOOD IN ANIMALS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
THE THREE ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS ON VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX BY EDWARD JENNER
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
VACCINATION AGAINST SMALLPOX
II
III
THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF PUERPERAL FEVER BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE CONTAGIOUSNESS OF PUERPERAL FEVER
ADDITIONAL REFERENCES AND CASES.
ON THE ANTISEPTIC PRINCIPLE OF THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY BY JOSEPH LISTER
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
ON THE ANTISEPTIC PRINCIPLE OF THE PRACTICE OF SURGERY (1867)
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER FORMERLY A SOLDIER UNDER THE FIRST EMPIRE CHEVALIER OF THE LEGION OF HONOR
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF FERMENTATION
II. FERMENTATION IN SACCHARINE FRUITS IMMERSED IN CARBONIC ACID GAS
III. REPLY TO CERTAIN CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE GERMAN NATURALISTS, OSCAR BREFELD AND MORITZ TRAUBE.
IV. FERMENTATION OF DEXTRO-TARTRATE OF LIME.
V.—ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF LIFE WITHOUT AIR—FERMENTATION OF LACTATE OF LIME
THE GERM THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO MEDICINE AND SURGERY
ON THE EXTENSION OF THE GERM THEORY TO THE ETIOLOGY OF CERTAIN COMMON DISEASES
PREJUDICES WHICH HAVE RETARDED THE PROGRESS OF GEOLOGY UNIFORMITY IN THE SERIES OF PAST CHANGES IN THE ANIMATE AND INANIMATE WORLD BY SIR CHARLES LYELL
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE PROGRESS OF GEOLOGY
I
UNIFORMITY OF CHANGE
II