by Victor Robinson; with a letter from Ernst Haeckel and an introduction by Abraham Jacobi
Format
Books
Language
English
Publication
New York : Medical Review of Reviews, 1912
Physical Details
317 pages : color frontispiece, portraits, facsimile ; 24 cm
OCLC
ocm03048803
Letter from Ernst Haeckel.--Introduction by Abraham Jacobi.--Galen and Greek medicine.--Aretæus, the forgotten physician.--Paracelsus, iconoclast of medicine.--Servetus, the medical martyr.--Vesalius, the anatomist.--Paré, the surgeon.--Scheele, the apothecary.--Cavendish, the chemist.--Hunter, the natural philosopher.--Jenner and vaccination.--Laennec and auscultation.--Simpson and chloroform.--Semmelweis, the obstetrician.--Schleiden and Schwann.--Darwin, saint of science