Pathfinders in medicine / by Victor Robinson ; with a letter from Ernst Haeckel and an introduction by Abraham Jacobi.
| Author/creator | Robinson, Victor |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Medical review of reviews, 1912. |
| Description | 317 pages, 16 leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Letter from Ernst Haeckel.--Introduction by Abraham Jacobi.--Galen and Greek medicine.--Aretaeus, 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. |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Karel B. Absolon History of Medicine Library |
| Acquisitions source | Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection |
| LCCN | 13000014 |