Charles Greene Cumston

An Introduction to the History of Medicine

From the Time of the Pharaohs to the End of the XVIIIth Century

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1926, An Introduction to the History of Medicine is a compilation of reliable and essential contributions to the subject of the history of medicine. The book looks at the evolution of medicine from the practices in Ancient Egypt, to the medicine of the 16th century, and examines the work of Hippocrates and Galen. The book also examines the philosophy that began around the practice of medicine, as well as early discussions of ethics. It also looks at early medicine through the lens of religion, covering the practices of medicine in Hindu, Chaldean and Islamic religions. The book provides a broad coverage of early medicine in ancient civilizations, focusing particularly on Ancient Greece, Persia and Rome.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 474
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9781138394544
• ISBN-10: 1138394548
• Artikelnr.: 59773082

Autorenporträt

Greene Cumston, Charles

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Introductory Essay, Dr Crookshank Introduction 1. The Evolution of
Medicine 2. Egyptian Medicine 3. Hindu Medicine. Chaldean and Persian
Medicine 4. The Philosophers 5. The Hippocratic Oath 6. Hippocrates, and
the Hippocratic Collection 7. The Direct Successors of Hippocrates: The
School of Alexandria. Erasistratus and Herophilus 8. The School of
Empirics. Asclepiades: His Medical System 9. The Methodic Sect. Themison
and Thessalus. The Pneumatic Sect. The Eclectics and Compilers 10. Soranus.
Caelius Aurelianus and His: De Morbis Acutis et Chronicis Libri VIII 11.
Galen 12. The Practice of Medicine at Rome 13. Islamic Medicine 14. The
Medical Schools of Salerno and Montpellier. The Arabists 15. Medicine in
the XVIth Century 16. Physiology, Anatomy, Pathology, Nosology,
Therapeutics, and Surgery in the XVIth Century 17. The Principal Doctrines
Governing Medicine in the XVIIth Century 18. The Anatomy, Physiology,
Pathology, Nosography and Therapeutics of the XVIIth Century 19. The
Doctrine of Irritability, the Brunonian Theory and Naturalism 20.
Organicism and Vitalism Conclusion: A Brief Survey of the Evolution of
Therapeutic Index