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Preface ix
BOOK I
THÉOPHRASTE RENAUDOT, PHYSICIAN, FOUNDER OF THE FIRST FRENCH NEWSPAPER
Chapter I. ThÉophraste Renaudot, Physician, Philanthropist, and Founder of the First French Newspaper 3
BOOK II
STATE OF MEDICINE IN WESTERN EUROPE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Chapter II. Low State of Medical Affairs in Germany at the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century 15
Chapter III. Physicians who Attained Distinction in Some of the Departments of Medicine during the First Half of the Eighteenth Century 18
Chapter IV. Distinguished Swiss Physicians who Played a Prominent Part in the Development of the Science and Art of Medicine in Germany 34
Chapter V. The Earliest Publication in Europe of a Systematic Treatise on Hygiene, Public Health and Medico-Legal Science 43
Chapter VI. Two Eminent German Surgeons of the Pre-Antiseptic Period 48
Chapter VII. A General Survey of German Medicine at the End of the Eighteenth Century 52
BOOK III
THE VIENNA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Chapter VIII. Gerhard Van Swieten 59
Chapter IX. Anton Stoerck, Van Swieten’s Successor, and the Progress of Medical Affairs at Vienna under the Management of Joseph II 71
Chapter X. Prochaska, Hyrtl and Rokitansky, Three of the Most Distinguished Teachers at the Medical School of Vienna during the Early Part of the Nineteenth Century 79
BOOK IV
MEDICINE IN ITALY
Chapter XI. Baglivi, Morgagni, Scarpa, Spallanzani, Tissot and Galvani; Italy’s most Illustrious Physicians during the Eighteenth Century 91
BOOK V
SMALL-POX, ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST SCOURGES
Chapter XII. Measures Adopted for the Control of Small-Pox; Inoculation, Vaccination 107
BOOK VI
AWAKENING OF THE CHEMISTS, PHYSIOLOGISTS AND PATHOLOGISTS
Chapter XIII. The English and French Chemists Contribute Their Share toward the Advance of Medical Knowledge 119
BOOK VII
MEDICINE IN ENGLAND
Chapter XIV. English Leaders in Medicine and Surgery during the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries (First Group) 129
Chapter XV. English Leaders in Medicine and Surgery (Second Group) 139
Chapter XVI. English Leaders in Medicine and Surgery (Second Group continued) 150
BOOK VIII
MEDICINE IN FRANCE
Chapter XVII. Bordeu and Bichat; The Beginning of Experimental Physiology and Experimental Pathology in France 159
BOOK IX
MEDICINE AT THE HEIGHT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
Chapter XVIII. Types of French Physicians who Flourished about the Time of the Reign of Terror 171
Chapter XIX. LaËnnec and the Invention of the Modern Method of Auscultation; Paul-Joseph Barthez 195
Chapter XX. Early Studies of the Disease now Universally called Typhoid Fever: Bretonneau 202
BOOK X
BROUSSAIS AND BROUSSAISM
Chapter XXI. The Harmful Effects of Brou
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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