Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine
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OUTLINES OF GREEK AND ROMAN MEDICINE
OUTLINES OF GREEK AND ROMAN MEDICINE
BY
JAMES SANDS ELLIOTT, M.D., Ch.B.(Edin.)
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
OUTLINES OF Greek and Roman Medicine
CHAPTER I.
EARLY ROMAN MEDICINE.
CHAPTER II.
EARLY GREEK MEDICINE.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER III.
HIPPOCRATES.
"The Law.
"The Oath.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IV.
PLATO, ARISTOTLE, THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA AND EMPIRICISM.
The Alexandrian School.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER V.
ROMAN MEDICINE AT THE END OF THE REPUBLIC AND THE BEGINNING OF THE EMPIRE.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VI.
IN THE REIGN OF THE CÆSARS—TO THE DEATH OF NERO.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VII.
PHYSICIANS FROM THE TIME OF AUGUSTUS TO THE DEATH OF NERO.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER VIII.
THE FIRST AND SECOND CENTURIES OF THE CHRISTIAN ERA.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER IX.
GALEN.
I.—Works on Anatomy and Physiology.
II.—Works on Dietetics and Hygiene.
III.—On Pathology.
IV.—On Diagnosis.
V.—On Pharmacy, Materia Medica, and Therapeutics.
VI.—Surgery.
VII.—Gynæcology.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER X.
THE LATER ROMAN AND BYZANTINE PERIOD.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XI.
INFLUENCE OF CHRISTIANITY ON ALTRUISM AND THE HEALING ART.
Hospitals.
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XII.
GYMNASIA AND BATHS.
Gymnastics.
Baths (Balneæ).
FOOTNOTES
CHAPTER XIII.
SANITATION.
The Water-supply.
Drainage.
Disposal of the Dead.
FOOTNOTES
APPENDIX.
FEES IN ANCIENT TIMES.
INDEX.
Transcriber's Note and Errata
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