Medical Advance, Public Health and Social Evolution : The Commonwealth and International Library: Liberal Studies Division

Medical Advance, Public Health and Social Evolution is an attempt to relate medical progress to the intellectual climate of the various broad periods of history, and to the social changes which took place in those periods and which influenced—and were influenced by—medical progress. Since the intellectual developments and historical events which have impinged upon medical progress have occurred in the setting of history, it has therefore been convenient to divide the book into chapters with a historical basis. The book begins with discussions of Greek and Roman life and medicine; Indian and Persian life and medicine; the Middle Ages; and the Renaissance and the resuscitation of science; and the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. Separate chapters then deal with the development of hygiene; the bacteriological era; bacteriological control of food and water; and disease transmission by arthropods. Subsequent chapters cover drugs, antibiotics, hormones, and anesthetics; occupational medicine; degenerative diseases, cancer, radiology, and medical genetics; psychological medicine; and statistical methods and experiments on man and animals. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Acknowledgements , Page vi CHAPTER 1 - Introduction , Pages 1-5 CHAPTER 2 - Greek and Roman Life and Medicine: Hippocrates, Aristotle, Galen, Celsus , Pages 6-36 CHAPTER 3 - Indian and Persian Life and Medicine , Pages 37-46 CHAPTER 4 - The Middle Ages , Pages 47-58 CHAPTER 5 - The Renaissance and the Resuscitation of Science: The English Renaissance , Pages 59-82 CHAPTER 6 - The Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries , Pages 83-96 CHAPTER 7 - The Development of Hygiene: Infection, Midwifery and Surgery , Pages 97-117 CHAPTER 8 - The Bacteriological Era , Pages 118-134 CHAPTER 9 - Food and Water: Bacteriological Control , Pages 135-156 CHAPTER 10 - Transmission of Disease by Arthropods: Worms, Protozoa, Viruses, Bacteria , Pages 157-181 CHAPTER 11 - The Worms , Pages 182-195 CHAPTER 12 - Drugs; Antibiotics; Hormones; Anaesthetics , Pages 196-212 CHAPTER 13 - Nutrition , Pages 213-224 CHAPTER 14 - Occupational Medicine , Pages 225-241 CHAPTER 15 - The Degenerative Diseases; Cancer; Radiology; Medical Genetics , Pages 242-249 CHAPTER 16 - Psychological Medicine , Pages 250-256 CHAPTER 17 - Statistical Methods; Experiments on Man and Animals; Conclusion , Pages 257-264 References , Pages 265-267 Index , Pages 269-271 TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL PROGRESS , Page ibc1 HUMAN GROWTH AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY , Page ibc2