History of medicine : from its origin to the nineteenth century, with an appendix, containing a philosophical and historical review of medicine to the present time / by P. V. Renouard ... Tr. from the French by Cornelius G. Comegys.

  • Renouard, P.-V. (Pierre-Victor), 1798-
Date:
1856
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    TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction, .-- 9 Synoptic Table of the Ages and Periods in Medicine, 24 BOOK FIRST.— AGE OF FOUNDATION. Extending from the Origin of Society to the end of the Second Century of the Christian Era. I. PRIMITIVE PERIOD, of variable length among different nations, - - 25 General Considerations, 25 CHAr. I. Medicine of the Antique Nations, - 26 § I. Medicine of the Egyptians, 26 § II. Medicine of the Hebrews, 32 § III. Medicine of the Oriental Indians, 36 § IV. Medicine of the Chinese, 38 § V. Medicine of the Greeks, during the Primitive Period, - - 45 Chap. II. Medicine of some other nations of the Old and New World, - - 53 Chap. III. Origin of Medicine, --53 Chap. TV. The Utility of Medicine during the Primitive Period, - - - 55 Resume of the Primitive Period, 59 II. MYSTICAL PERIOD, comprising a space of time extending from the Trojan War, B. C, 1184, to the dissolution of the Pythagorean So- ciety, B. C, 500, 61 General Considerations, 61 Chap. I. The Practice of Medicine in the Temples, 62 Chap. II. On Dreams, 64 Chap. III. Medical Teaching in the Temples, 66 Chap. IV. The Origin of Classifications in Pathology, .... 68 CHAr. V. Therapeutics, 70 Chap. VI. Origin of Systems, - 73 Resume of the Mystical Period, 75 III. PHILOSOPHIC PERIOD, comprising the period of time between the dispersion of the Pythagorean Societies, in the year B. 0., 500, and the foundation of the Alexandrian Library, in the year B. C, 320, - 78 General Considerations, - --7S Pythagoras, 78 Chap. I. Doctrine of Pythagoras, 83 Chap. II. Periodic Physicians, 88 Chap. HI. The Practice of Medicine in the Gymnasia, S9
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