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Manual of Surgery - Volume First - General Surgery.
by Alexis ThomsonTo prolong human life and to alleviate suffering are the ultimate objects of scientific medicine. The two great branches of the healing art—Medicine and Surgery—are so intimately related that it is impossible to draw a hard-and-fast line between them, but for convenience Surgery may be defined as “the art of treating lesions and malformations ..
Superstition in Medicine
by Hugo MagnusThe history of medicine is closely interlinked with the development of theology. The errors of one are for the most part reflected in the mistakes of the other. No matter how obscure and dark the origin of either, whether derived from ignorance and superstition or not, the ultimate achievement alone must be taken into consideration. We do no..
Medieval Medicine
by James Joseph Walsh“Medieval Medicine” is the story of the medical sciences in the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages are usually assumed to begin with the deposition of Romulus Augustulus, 476, and end with the fall of Constantinople, 1453. In this little volume, then, we have to outline the history of human efforts to prevent and treat the ills of mankind for nearly ..
Portraits of Dr. William Harvey
by AnonymousTHE Council of the Royal Society of Medicine determined in 1912 to form a section for the study of the History of Medicine. The section immediately became popular, and one of its first actions was to arrange for the issue of occasional fasciculi dealing with such subjects in medical history as did not lend themselves readily to discussion. Mr. ..
The Great American Fraud
by Samuel Hopkins AdamsThis is the introductory article to a series which will contain a full explanation and exposure of patent-medicine methods, and the harm done to the public by this industry, founded mainly on fraud and poison. Results of the publicity given to these methods can already be seen in the steps recently taken by the National ..
The Action of Medicines in the System
by Frederick William HeadlandIn commencing this Essay on the Action of Medicines, I must confess that I feel at first a certain discomfort when I consider the magnitude of the task before me. Many a volume has been written to elucidate the operations of single medicines, and when the variety and complexity of such an operation is considered, the space devoted to its consi..
Doctor and Patient
by S. Weir MitchellDoctor and Patient is a collection of essays on medical professions written by S. Weir Mitchell, who was Member Of The United States National Academy Of Sciences, President Of The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia, Physician To The Orthopædic Hospital And Infirmary For Nervous Diseases.Introduction: The essays which compose this..
Preventable Diseases
by Woods HutchinsonPreventable Diseases is a guide book on hygiene and health written by Woods Hutchinson, an English American physician and health writer who promoted the consumption of red meat and strongly opposed to the ideas of vegetarianism. He has written many books including "Studies in Human and Comparative Pathology," and "Instinct and Health".Ex..