An edition of Devils, drugs, and doctors
(1929)
Devils, drugs, and doctors
the story of the science of healing from medicine men to doctor
by Howard Wilcox Haggard
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Devils, drugs, and doctors: the story of the science of healing from medicine men to doctor
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Devils, drugs, and doctors: the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor
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Table of Contents
Pt 1. The conquest of death at birth: Childbirth and civilization
Sairey Gamps and the midmen
"The compassion of Peter Chamberlen"
"A gentleman with clean hands may carry the disease "
Pt 2. The story of anesthesia: "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children"
Pt 3. The progress of surgery: Making an anatomy
The greatest surgeon
Pt 4. The passing of the plague and pestilence: The Black Death
Pestilence and personal liberty
Pestilence and moralists
The medical thread in the moral snarl
Pt 5. The healing art: The halt, the lame, and the blind
White magic and black
A drug on the market
The turning-point
Toward a better civilization
Pt 6. Medicine through the ages: Civilization and medicine.
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Facsimile of the original work published by William Heinemann, London.
Includes index.
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