Origin of Medicine
Number of View :190Origin of Medicine Medicine arose out of the primal sympathy of man with man; out of the desire to help those in sorrow, need and sickness. In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering. The instinct of self-preservation, the longing [...]
Introduction to Origin of Medicine
Number of View :161INTRODUCTION TO ORIGIN OF MEDICINE Sail to the Pacific with some Ancient Mariner, and traverse day by day that silent sea until you reach a region never before furrowed by keel where a tiny island, a mere speck on the vast ocean, has just risen from the depths, a little coral reef [...]
Preface to Evolution of Modern Medicine
Number of View :83Preface to Evolution of Modern Medicine The manuscript of Sir William Osler’s lectures on the “Evolution of Modern Medicine,” delivered at Yale University in April, 1913, on the Silliman Foundation, was immediately turned in to the Yale University Press for publication. Duly set in type, proofs in galley form had been submitted [...]
The Silliman Foundation
Number of View :61THE SILLIMAN FOUNDATION In the year 1883 a legacy of eighty thousand dollars was left to the President and Fellows of Yale College in the city of New Haven, to be held in trust, as a gift from her children, in memory of their beloved and honored mother, Mrs. Hepsa Ely Silliman. [...]
The Evolution of Modern Medicine
Number of View :190The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series Of Lectures Delivered At Yale University Contents THE SILLIMAN FOUNDATION PREFACE TO EVOLUTION OF MODERN MEDICINE INTRODUCTION TO ORIGIN OF MEDICINE ORIGIN OF MEDICINE EGYPTIAN MEDICINE ASSYRIAN AND BABYLONIAN MEDICINE HEBREW MEDICINE CHINESE AND JAPANESE MEDICINE CHAPTER II — GREEK MEDICINE ASKLEPIOS HIPPOCRATES AND THE [...]