| PART I. ANCIENT MEDICINE |
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| Preface | [ix] |
| Chapter I. | Development of the Science and Art of Medicine | [3] |
| Chapter II. | Oriental Medicine | [11] |
| Chapter III. | Oriental Medicine (continued) | [25] |
| Chapter IV. | Greek Medicine at the Dawn of History | [46] |
| Chapter V. | The Significance of the Serpent in the Statues and Votive Offerings Exposed to View inthe Aesculapian Temples | [62] |
| Chapter VI. | The Beginnings of a Rational System of Medicine in Greece | [67] |
| Chapter VII. | Hippocrates the Great | [81] |
| Chapter VIII. | Brief Extracts from Some of the Hippocratic Writings | [89] |
| Chapter IX. | The State of Greek Medicine after the Events of the Peloponnesian War; the Founding ofAlexandria in Egypt, at the Mouth of the Nile; and the Development of Different Sects in Medicine | [96] |
| Chapter X. | Erasistratus and Herophilus, the Two GreatLeaders in Medicine at Alexandria; the Foundingof New Sects | [104] |
| Chapter XI. | Asclepiades, the Introducer of Greek Medicine into Rome | [116] |
| Chapter XII. | The State of Medicine at Rome after theDeath of Asclepiades; the Founding of the Schoolof the Methodists | [129] |
| Chapter XIII. | The Further History of Methodism atRome, and the Development of Two New Sects, viz.,the Pneumatists and the Eclectics.—A General Surveyof the Subject of Sects in Medicine | [138] |
| Chapter XIV. | Well-known Medical Authors of the Early Centuries of the Christian Era | [151] |
| Chapter XV. | Claudius Galen | [160] |
| Chapter XVI. | The Influence of Christianity upon theEvolution of Medicine | [179] |
| PART II. MEDIAEVAL MEDICINE |
| Chapter XVII. | The Condition of Medicine at Byzantiumduring the Early Part of the Middle Ages | [191] |
| Chapter XVIII. | Beginning of the Arab Renaissance underthe Caliphs of Bagdad | [203] |
| Chapter XIX. | Further Advance of the Arab Renaissanceduring the Ninth and Succeeding Centuries of theChristian Era | [212] |
| Chapter XX. | Hospitals and Monasteries in the Middle Ages | [235] |
| Chapter XXI. | Medical Instruction at Salerno, Italy, in the Middle Ages | [243] |
| Chapter XXII. | Early Evidences of the Influence of theRenaissance upon the Progress of Medicine in WesternEurope | [259] |
| Chapter XXIII. | Further Progress of Medicine and Surgeryin Western Europe during the Thirteenth,Fourteenth and a Part of the Fifteenth Centuries | [269] |
| Chapter XXIV. | During the Latter Half of the MiddleAges Surgery Assumes the Most Prominent Placein the Advance of Medical Science | [292] |
| Chapter XXV. | Brief History of the Allied Sciences—Pharmacy,Chemistry and Balneotherapeutics | [315] |
| PART III. MEDICINE DURING THE RENAISSANCE |
| Chapter XXVI. | Important Events that Preceded theRenaissance—Early Attempts to Dissect the Human Body | [327] |
| Chapter XXVII. | The Founders of Human Anatomy and Physiology | [340] |
| Chapter XXVIII. | Further Details Concerning the Advancein Our Knowledge of Anatomy.—DissectingMade a Part of the Regular Training of a MedicalStudent.—Iatrochemists and Iatrophysicists.—TheEmployment of Latin in Lecturing and Writing onMedical Topics | [355] |
| Chapter XXIX. | The Contributions Made by DifferentMen during the Renaissance, and More particularlyby William Harvey of England, to Our Knowledgeof the Circulation of the Blood, Lymph and Chyle | [371] |
| Chapter XXX. | Advances Made in Internal Medicine andin the Collateral Branches of Botany, Pharmacology,Chemistry and Pathological Anatomy | [387] |
| Chapter XXXI. | Chemistry and Experimental Pharmacology | [398] |
| Chapter XXXII. | Some of the Leaders in Medicine inItaly, France and England during the Sixteenth andSeventeenth Centuries | [411] |
| Chapter XXXIII. | The Three Leading Physicians of Germanyduring the Latter Half of the Seventeenth Century:Franz de le Boë Sylvius, Friedrich Hoffmannand Georg Ernst Stahl | [426] |
| Chapter XXXIV. | Hermann Boerhaave of Leyden, Holland,one of the Most Distinguished Physicians ofthe Seventeenth Century | [438] |
| Chapter XXXV. | General Remarks on the Development ofSurgery in Europe during the Fifteenth and SixteenthCenturies | [446] |
| Chapter XXXVI. | Surgery in Germany and Switzerlandduring the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries | [454] |
| Chapter XXXVII. | The Development of Surgery in Italyduring the Renaissance | [472] |
| Chapter XXXVIII. | The Development of Surgery inSpain and Portugal during the Renaissance | [484] |
| Chapter XXXIX. | The Development of Surgery in Franceduring the Renaissance.—Pierre Franco | [490] |
| Chapter XL. | The Development of Surgery in France (continued).—Ambroise Paré | [499] |
| Chapter XLI. | Surgery in Great Britain during the Sixteenthand Seventeenth Centuries | [516] |
| Chapter XLII. | Reforms Instituted by the Italian SurgeonMagati in the Treatment of Wounds.—Final Endingof the Feud between the Surgeons and the Physiciansof Paris.—Revival of Interest in the Science ofObstetrics | [529] |
| Chapter XLIII. | The First Appearance of Syphilis inEurope as an Epidemic Disease.—Medical Journalism.—TheBeginnings of a Modern Pharmacopoeia.—ItinerantLithotomists | [542] |
| List of the More Important Authorities Consulted | [557] |
| General Index | [563] |