History of Medicine. A Brief Outline of Medical History and Sects of Physicians, from the Earliest Historic Period; with an Extended Account of the New Schools of the Healing Art in the Nineteenth Century, and Especially a History of the American Eclecti…

xxix, 946 pp. 8vo. Extensive index (60 pages) follows text. A survey of medicine from ancient times to the time of publication, with particular focus on the nineteenth century. Chapters include: Archaic Medicine; Medicine in Ancient Historic Periods; Medicine in the Middle Ages; Medicine in Renascence; Medicine in the 17th Century; Medicine in the 18th Century; Former Years of the 19th Century; The 19th Century Continued; Evolution of the American Practice of Medicine; The Great Conflict for Medical Freedom; Medical Colleges and Organizations; Medical Colleges and Controversies; Important Events in the Eclectic School; Eclectic Medical Colleges and Medical Societies; Botanic and Eclectic Medicine in England; Publications of the American Reformers in Medicine; Later Developments in Surgery and Medicine. Not in Garrison-Morton.