Greek medicine in Rome
Subtitle: the Fitzpatrick lectures on the history of medicine delivered at the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1909-1910, with other historical essays.
Publisher: B. Blom
Published: 1970
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 633
Subjects: Medicine, Greek and Roman; Medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Reprint of the 1921 ed.
Table of contents: title: Primitive Roman medicine.; title: Early Roman medicine.; title: Origins of Greek physiology; title: Ionian and Italo-Sicilian.; title: Alexandrian medicine.; title: Settlement of Greek physicians in Rome.; title: The doctrine of Methodism.; title: Celsus, Musa, Pliny.; title: Soranus.; title: Pneumatism.; title: Some pneumatist and electic physicians.; title: Rufus and Galen.; title: Pulse doctrines.; title: Doctrines of generation.; title: Hygiene and therapeutics.; title: On certain diseases.; title: Pharmacy and toxicology.; title: Byzantine medicine.; title: Salerno.; title: Public medical service and the growth of hospitals.; title: A chair of medicine in the 15th century.; title: The rise of the experimental method in Oxford.; title: Medicine in 1800.; title: Medicine in the 20th century.; title: Palissy, Bacon, and the revival of natural science.