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Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
PREFACE	1
CHAPTER I — ORIGIN OF MEDICINE	3
INTRODUCTION	3
ORIGIN OF MEDICINE	7
EGYPTIAN MEDICINE	8
ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN MEDICINE	14
HEBREW MEDICINE	21
CHINESE AND JAPANESE MEDICINE	23
CHAPTER II — GREEK MEDICINE	25
ASKLEPIOS	32
HIPPOCRATES AND THE HIPPOCRATIC WRITINGS	36
ALEXANDRIAN SCHOOL	46
GALEN	48
CHAPTER III — MEDIAEVAL MEDICINE	53
SOUTH ITALIAN SCHOOL	55
BYZANTINE MEDICINE	57
ARABIAN MEDICINE	58
THE RISE OF THE UNIVERSITIES	64
MEDIAEVAL MEDICAL STUDIES	70
MEDIAEVAL PRACTICE	72
ASTROLOGY AND DIVINATION	73
CHAPTER IV — THE RENAISSANCE AND THE RISE OF ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY	77
PARACELSUS	80
VESALIUS	87
HARVEY	96
CHAPTER V — THE RISE AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN MEDICINE	105
INTERNAL SECRETIONS	118
CHEMISTRY	119
CHAPTER VI — THE RISE OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE	120
SANITATION	124
TUBERCULOSIS	132

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