The History of medicine comprising a narrative of its progress from the earliest ages to the present timeLongman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861 - 483 pages |
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... cures formed part of a religious superstition . This first phasis of medical his- tory Sprengel dates as far back as the Egyptian Isis , who is said to have given unequivocal proof of her divine power by restoring her son Orus to life ...
... cures formed part of a religious superstition . This first phasis of medical his- tory Sprengel dates as far back as the Egyptian Isis , who is said to have given unequivocal proof of her divine power by restoring her son Orus to life ...
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... cure of disease . Esculapius , a mythical personage , the reputed son of Apollo and Coronis , and pupil of Chiron the Centaur , is said to have devoted himself zealously and success- fully to the pursuit of medicine . He was considered ...
... cure of disease . Esculapius , a mythical personage , the reputed son of Apollo and Coronis , and pupil of Chiron the Centaur , is said to have devoted himself zealously and success- fully to the pursuit of medicine . He was considered ...
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... cures , as attested by the tablets , was a fitting prelude to the prophetic sleep which sometimes befel the patients themselves , during which the appropriate remedies were revealed to them ; but , if no such sleep occurred ...
... cures , as attested by the tablets , was a fitting prelude to the prophetic sleep which sometimes befel the patients themselves , during which the appropriate remedies were revealed to them ; but , if no such sleep occurred ...
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... cure of wounds . Podalirius and Machaon , the two sons of Esculapius , accompanied the Greeks to the siege of Troy in the double capacity of warriors and physicians . They paid little attention to constitutional ailments , but directed ...
... cure of wounds . Podalirius and Machaon , the two sons of Esculapius , accompanied the Greeks to the siege of Troy in the double capacity of warriors and physicians . They paid little attention to constitutional ailments , but directed ...
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... cured Syrna , the daughter of Damætus , of the falling sickness , and married her . For some centuries the practice of medicine was , with jealous solicitude , monopolised by the Asclepiades , many of whom were men of vigorous intellect ...
... cured Syrna , the daughter of Damætus , of the falling sickness , and married her . For some centuries the practice of medicine was , with jealous solicitude , monopolised by the Asclepiades , many of whom were men of vigorous intellect ...
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