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 InfoNew York : Medical review of reviews, 1912.
Description317 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