Insanity, 286-93
Insulin, 306
Internal Medicine, 77, 95-102
Internal Secretions, 302-8
International Health Legislation, 193
International Red Cross Committee, 300
Invisible College, the, 124
Ionians, the, 4
Ipecacuanha, 95, 323, 330
‘Irregular Sight’, _see_ Astigmatism
Isaac of Kairouan (852-952), 67, 70
Jackson, Hughlings (1834-1911), 211
Jamaica, 278
Jena, 220
Jenner, E. (1749-1823), 183
Johnson, Dr. (1709-84), 158
Jung, C. G. (1875-), 293-4
Juniper, 322
Justinian, Emperor, 46
Kaiserswerth, 297-8
Kalar-azar, 272
Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630), 103, 104, 136, 319
Kitasato, Shibasaburo (_c._ 1860-), 253, 257, 264, 266
Klebs, E. (1834-1913), 253
Klebs-Loeffler Bacillus, 253
Koch, Robert (1843-1910), 184, 202, 229-30, 232, 234, 249-51, 253,
321, 330
Kocher, T. (1841-1917), 303
Kölliker, Albrecht von (1817-1905), 222
Koronis, 11
Kymograph, the, 216-17
Laënnec, René Théophile Hyacinthe (1781-1826), 160-1, 219
Laughing Gas, 237
Lavender, 323
Laveran, A. (1845-), 283
Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent (1743-94), 155-6, 205
Law, Reign of, 135-8
Lazarettos, 182
Lazear, 279
Leeuwenhoek, A. von (1632-1723), 39, 118, 120-1
Leipzig, 215
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1518), 83-5
Leprosy, 78-80, 98, 162, 271
Lesions, 157, 160
Licorice, 322
Liebig, Justus von (1803-73), 205-7, 225, 235, 326
Lind, James (1716-94), 170-1, 180-1
Linseed, 323
Leyden, 131, 139-42
Lister, Lord (1827-1912), 184, 229, 237-43, 248, 321, 336
Liverpool, 196
Lockjaw, _see_ Tetanus, 256-8
Loeffler, Friedrich (1852-1915), 253
London Hospital, 178
Louisiana, 202
Louvain, 85
Ludwig, Karl (1816-95), 215-19
Lyons, 42
Macewen, William (1848-1926), 248-9
Magendie, François (1783-1855), 238, 326
Magic, 3, 16
Malaria, 174, 251, 271, 330;
history, 280-6
Male Fern, 323
Mallow, 323
Malpighi, Marcello (1628-94), 114, 116-20, 302
Malta Fever, 254-6, 268
Manson, Patrick (1844-1922), 283
Marburg, 215
Marine Hospital Service, 200, 201
Marjoram, 323
Marseilles, 42, 182
Massachusetts, 202, 235
Massage, 247, 248
Mather, Cotton (1663-1728);
Increase (1639-1723), 183
Mayo, Charles & William, 248
Mayow John (1645-79), 126, 151-2, 189
Mead, Dr. Richard (1673-1754), 183
Measles, 67, 252, 349, 359
Mechanics, 106, 122, 138
Medical Theorists in the Renaissance, 126-34
Medical Research Council, 197, 348
Medieval Medical Revival, 68-72
-- Anatomy, &c., 72-7
-- Hospitals and Hygiene, 77-81
Mendel, 222
Mercury, 162, 322, 325, 330
Mesopotamian peoples, 7
Metabolism, 107, 108, 220
Metschnikoff, Élie (1845-1916), 223
Mezger, Johann (1839-19-), 247
Michael Scot (d. 1235), 68
Michelangelo, 83
Microscope, 105, 115-22, 159
Microscopic Analysis, 115-22, 138
Midwives, 295
Milan, 81
Military Medicine, 169-70
Mill, J. S. (1806-73), 191
Ministry of Health, 197, 291
Minoans, the, 3-5
Mint, 322
Mitchell, S. Weir (1830-1914), 318
Mohl, Hugo von (1805-72), 220-1
Moivre, Abraham de (1667-1754), 167
Mondino di Luzzi (c. 1270-1326), 74, 76
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley (1689-1762), 183
Montpellier, 74, 76
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista (1682-1771), 157-8
Morphine, 326
Morton, William Thomas Green (1819-68), 235
Mosquito Net, 45
Mosquitoes, 273-80
Müller, Johannes (1807-58), 28, 211-13, 356
Murphy, J. B. (1857-1916), 248
Mustard, 323
_Mustelus laevis_, 28-9
Myrrh, 322
Myxoedema, 304-5
Nägeli, Karl v. (1817-91), 221-2
Nature-Worship (Animism), 3, 12, 16
Natural Spirit, 56
Naval Medicine, 170-1
Near Sight, 317, 318
Nervous Integration, 308-11
Nestorians, the, 66
New York, 202, 248
Newton, Sir Isaac (1642-1727), 104, 136-8, 186
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910), 291, 298-301
Nîmes, 42
Noguchi, 273-5
Norfolk, Va., 198
Nursing, 180, 295-301
Nutrition, 311-13
Nux vomica, 322, 326
Obstetrics, 161-6, 236, 243
Oil of Wintergreen, 327
‘Old Sight’, 316, 319
Ophthalmic Surgery, 320-2
Ophthalmoscope, 213, 319, 321
Opium, 326
Owen, R. (1804-92), 204
Oxygen, 126, 154, 156, 189
Padua, 75, 86, 108, 110, 139, 157
Panama, 286
Pancreas, the, 215, 306, 325
Paré, Ambroise (1517-90), 92-4, 162, 247
Paris, 76, 85, 160, 288
Park, W. H. (1863), 266
Pasteur, Louis (1822-95), 148, 184, 202, 225-35, 239, 249, 253, 261,
321
Pathology, Medieval, 77;
Modern, 301-13;
Cellular, 219-24;
Comparative, 251-2
Pavia, 149
Peel, Sir Robert (1750-1830), 191
Pelletier, Pierre Joseph (1788-1842), 326
Percival, Thomas (1740-1804), 170-1, 180
Percussion, 160
Pergamum, 52
Pest Houses, 180, 181
Petty, Sir William (1623-87), 166-7, 169
Pflüger, E. F. W. (1829-1910), 205
Pharmacology, 323, 328-9
Philadelphia, 171-2, 258
Philip of Macedon, 27
Philosopher’s Stone, the, 124
Phlogiston, 132, 151-4
Phthisis, 341-3
Physical Synthesis, 102-8
Physiological Synthesis, 203-11
Physiology: of Galen, 56-60;
Medieval, 77, 129;
Renaissance, 95, 99, 100, 108-15;
Earlier 19th cent., &c., 207-19;
Modern, 122, 127, 138, 142-51, 301-13
Pinel, Philippe (1745-1826), 288
Pisa, 104, 105
Plague, 80-1, 182, 185, 200-1;
Bacilli of, 253-5;
Immunization, 266
Plaster of Paris, 246
Plato, 14, 27, 29
Plethora, 39
Pneumatism, 38, 56, 58
Political Economy, 166-7
Polypharmacy, 324
Poppy, 323
Population, 176
Post-mortems, 156-9
Pravaz, C. (1791-1853), 329
Preventive Medicine, 192-203
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804), 154-5, 189-90
Pringle, Sir John (1707-82), 169-70, 171, 180
Prison Medicine, 171-2
Prophylaxis, 265
Proteids, 215
Proteins, 206, 311
Protoplasm, 221-2
Prout, W. (1785-1850), 148
Psyche, the, 31-3, 133
Psycho-analysis, 293-5
Psychology, 293-5
Ptomaine, 259
Ptolemy, 36, 40
Public Health, 192-203
Puerperal Fever, 243
Pulmonary Tuberculosis, 341-3
Pulse Watch, 159
Pulsimeter, 109
Putrefaction, 225-8, 231-2, 239
Pyaemia, 239
Qualities, the Four Primary, 33-4
Quarantine, 173, 182, 194, 197
Quetelet, Lambert (1796-1874), 168
Quinine, 281-2, 326, 330, 332
Radcliffe Infirmary, 296
Radiography, 245
Ragusa, 81
Raphael, 83
Réaumur, René Antoine de (1683-1757), 146-7, 148
Reed, W. (1851-1902), 279
Registration Act (1838), 195
Research, Method and Meaning of, 135
Respiration, 151-6, 205
Reymond, E. Du Bois-, (1818-96), 151
Rhazes of Basra (860-932), 67, 70
Rheumatism, 98, 358-9
Rhubarb, 323
Rickets, 181, 312, 313
Rochester, Minn., 248
Röntgen, Wilhelm Conrad (1845-1923), 244-5
Röntgen Rays, 244-5
Rokitansky, Karl (1804-78), 158-9
Roman Empire: Medical Teaching, 41-4;
Medical Services, 45-8;
Hospitals, 48-50
Ross, Ronald (1857-), 283
Roux, Pierre (1853-), 263
Royal Society, 104, 118, 124, 167
Rush, Benjamin (1745-1813), 171-2
St. Luke, 63
St. Bartholomew I., 49, 51
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, 178-9
St. Gall, 50
St. Thomas’s Hospital, 298
Salerno, 64-5
Salicin, 327
Salts of Copper, 322
Salts of Lead, 322
San Francisco, 201
Sanctorius (1561-1636), 107-9, 159
Sanitary Commission, 195
Sanitation, 45, 194
Saragossa, 42
Scarlet Fever, 185, 201, 270, 349
Schaudinn, Fritz (1871-1906), 331-2
Schick, B., 264
Schiff, Moritz (1823-90), 304
Schleiden, Matthias Jakob (1804-81), 219-20
Schmiedeberg, Oswald (1834-1921), 328
Schultze, M. (1825-74), 222
Schwann, T. (1810-82), 220-1
Scurvy, 170, 181, 313
Seamen’s Hospital Society, 198
Secretions, Internal, 302-8
Semmelweis, Ignaz (1818-65), 243
Septicaemia, 239
Serpent, Cult, 4-5, 8, 11
Sertürner, Adolf (1783-1841), 326
Sesame, 323
Sex organs, 306
Shaftesbury, 7th Earl (1801-85), 290
Shakespeare, William, 26
Shattuck, Lemuel (1793-1859), 202
Sherrington, Sir Charles, 309
‘Shock’, Nervous, 310-11
Sierra Leone, 276, 278
Sight, Deficient, 316-20
Simon, Sir John (1816-1904), 196-7
Simpson, Sir James Young (1811-70), 235
=606=, 332
Sleeping Sickness, 234, 272, 332
Sleepy Sickness, 272
Small-pox, 182-5, 198, 200, 261, 265, 343
Smith, Thomas S. (1788-1861), 171, 178, 193-6
Smyrna, 52
Spallanzani, Lazaro (1729-99), 147-8
Specialization, Scientific, 186-92, 359
Specific Energies, Law of, 212-13
_Speculum matricis_, 164
Spencer Wells, _see_ Wells
Spencer Wells Forceps, 244
Spinal anaesthesia, 236-7
_Spirochaeta pallida_, 331-2
Spotted Fever, 269-70
Sprue, 272
Stahl, George Ernest (1660-1734), 132-3, 151, 288
Starling, E. H. (1866-1927), 308
Statistics, Medical, 334-50;
Vital, 166-8
Stavesacre, 323
Stethoscope, the, 160-1
Stoic Philosophy, 54
Stomach, Ruminant, 28
Storax, 323
Strychnine, 326
Sublimation, 294-5
Superstition, 3, 6
Suprarenal bodies, 306-7
Surgery: Greek, 49;
Medieval, 76-7;
Renaissance, 92-4;
18th cent., 161-6;
Modern, 243-9
Süssmilch, J. P. (1707-82), 167-8
Swammerdam, J. J. (1637-80), 39, 121-3, 140, 143
Switzerland, 303
Sydenham, Thomas (1624-89), 96, 100-2, 282, 342
Sylvius, Franciscus (1614-72), 131-2, 139, 148
Syphilis, 98-9, 162, 251, 269, 291, 330-2, 337
Telescope, the, 105
Temperaments, Four, 97
Terebinth, 323
Tetanus (Lockjaw), 23, 256-8, 260, 264, 265;
immunization, 266-7
Thaddeus of Florence (1223-1303), 72
Theophrastus (372-287 B.C.), 35
Thermometer, the, 108-9;
clinical, 159
Theseus, 12
Thessaly, 14
Thyroid Gland, 303-6, 325
Thyroxin, 305
Tiberius, Emperor (1st c.), 42
Tobacco, 95, 99, 323
Toulon, 182
Tours, 185, 253
Toxins, 259-60, 262-7, 330-3
Trachoma, 321-2
Tragacanth, 323
Trephining, 18-19, 20, 63, 64, 72
Tropical Diseases, 198
Tropical Hygiene and Medicine, 170, 270-86
Tuberculosis, 234, 250, 330, 359
Tübingen, 220
Tuke, W. (1732-1822), 288
Turpentine, 322
=205=, 332
Typhoid Fever, 185, 201, 258-61, 265;
immunization, 267-70;
death-rate, 271;
state, the, 25
Typhus, 98, 258-9, 271
United States, 171, 290;
Preventive Medicine in, 197-203;
Public Health Service (1912), 201;
Sanitary Commission, 300
Universities, Medieval, 70-2
Urea, 205, 214
Uterus, Aristotle’s nomenclature of, 28, 29
Utilitarian Philosophy, 190
Vaccination, 184
Vaccines, 261-2, 265, 266, 268, 325
Vaso-Motor Mechanism, 215
Venereal Disease, _see_ Syphilis
Venice, 81
Ventilation, 146, 147
Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64), 85-92, 108, 135, 140
Vespasian, Emperor (1st cent.), 42
Victoria, Queen, 195
Vienna, 158, 160, 215, 236, 243
Virchow, R. (1821-1902), 222, 238, 253, 258, 264
Vital Spirit, 58
Vital Statistics, 166-8
Vitalism, 127, 132-3
Vitamins, 311-13
Volta, Alessandro (1745-1827), 149-50
Voltaic pile, 149
Waller, A. V. (1816-70), 238
Wassermann, August von (1866-), 269
Water, 156
Water Supply, 178
Wells, Horace (1815-45), 237
Wells, Thomas Spencer (1818-97), 243-5
Whooping Cough, 98
Widal, F. (1862-), 268
William of Saliceto (1215?-1280?), 72
Withering, W. (1741-99), 328
Wöhler, Friedrich (1800-82), 206, 214, 327
Wormwood, 323
Wright, A. (1861-), 223
Würzburg, 222
X-rays, 244-5, 247
Xavier, Marie François (1771-1802), 219
Yellow Fever, 172, 194, 198, 200, 201, 272;
history of, 273-80
Yersin, Alexandre (1863-), 253, 263
York, 288-9
Young, Thomas (1773-1829), 217, 319-20
Zürich, 215, 253, 294
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