OLD TIME MAKERS OF MEDICINE
The Story of the Medical Sciences during the Middle Ages. By James J. Walsh, K. C. St, G., M. D., Ph. D. Dean and Professor of the History of Medicine and of Nervous Diseases at Fordham University School of Medicine. Fordham University Press, 1911. Price, $2.50 net. Postage, 15 cents.
What we now know of art, architecture, literature, the arts and crafts in the Middle Ages has almost won for them the name of the Bright Ages instead of the Dark Ages. There seems just one dark spot—the neglect of science. This book removes that. It tells the story of medieval medical education with higher standards than ours, of medieval surgery with anaesthesia and antisepsis, with beautiful hospitals and fine nursing, and of medieval dentistry with gold fillings and bridgework.
The Lancet (London): "We have said enough to whet the appetite of all interested in the history of the early makers of medicine. We cordially commend the perusal of this fascinating volume, which shows how much was accomplished in every department of intellectual effort in what is usually regarded as the unprogressive, stagnant, dark period of the Middle Ages."
The New York World said: "As in Dr. Walsh's 'Thirteenth The Greatest of Centuries' he carries amazement with his revelations of how old are many things we call new."