The Medical Profession in Ancient Times: An Anniversary DiscourseAcademy, 1856 - 222 pages |
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... fevers by overloading the sick with clothing , in order to increase their heat and thirst . Praxagoras , a contemporary of Aristotle , appears to have been among the first to allude to the pulse , a circum- stance , however , also ...
... fevers by overloading the sick with clothing , in order to increase their heat and thirst . Praxagoras , a contemporary of Aristotle , appears to have been among the first to allude to the pulse , a circum- stance , however , also ...
Page 86
... fevers to inflammation . The inflammation leading to dropsy , he placed in the liver and spleen . The animal spirits he seated in the brain ; the vital , in the heart . He rejected venesection , the use of drastic purgatives , and most ...
... fevers to inflammation . The inflammation leading to dropsy , he placed in the liver and spleen . The animal spirits he seated in the brain ; the vital , in the heart . He rejected venesection , the use of drastic purgatives , and most ...
Page 101
... fever was the disease itself . He wrote on ulcers , and on acute and chronic diseases . He recommended tra- cheotomy in threatened suffocation . * His claim to our respect appears to lie in his rejection of the com- plex , violent , and ...
... fever was the disease itself . He wrote on ulcers , and on acute and chronic diseases . He recommended tra- cheotomy in threatened suffocation . * His claim to our respect appears to lie in his rejection of the com- plex , violent , and ...
Page 103
... fever and suffering excessive thirst from free indulgence in wine , he ordered him to drink plentifully of cold water ; which , by weakening the force of the wine , induced sleep and perspiration , and in this way dis- sipated the ...
... fever and suffering excessive thirst from free indulgence in wine , he ordered him to drink plentifully of cold water ; which , by weakening the force of the wine , induced sleep and perspiration , and in this way dis- sipated the ...
Page 104
... about and universally disseminated . In the fifty - sixth , he asks , why infants suffer most severely from fever ; and tells us that in them there is a superabundance of native heat . In the sixty - seventh , 104 DISCOURSE .
... about and universally disseminated . In the fifty - sixth , he asks , why infants suffer most severely from fever ; and tells us that in them there is a superabundance of native heat . In the sixty - seventh , 104 DISCOURSE .
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Page 38 - ... to teach them this art if they shall wish to learn it without fee or stipulation and that by precept, lecture, and every other mode of instruction I will impart a knowledge of the art to my own sons and those of my teachers and to disciples bound by a stipulation and oath according to the law of medicine but to none others.
Page 38 - Whatever, in connection with my professional practice, or not in connection with it, I see or hear, in the life of men, which ought not to be spoken of abroad, I will not divulge, as reckoning that all such should be kept secret. While I continue to keep this oath...
Page 37 - I swear by Apollo the physician and Aesculapius and health and all-heal and all the gods and goddesses that according to my ability and judgment I will keep this oath and this stipulation— to reckon him who taught me this art equally dear to me as my parents, to share my substance with him and relieve his necessities if required, to look upon his offspring in the same footing as my own brothers and to teach them this art if they shall...
Page 44 - Their mistake appears to me to arise principally from this, that in the cities there is no punishment connected with the practice of medicine (and with it alone) except disgrace, and that does not hurt those who are familiar with it. Such persons are like the figures which are introduced in tragedies, for as they have the shape, and dress, and personal appearance of an actor, but are not actors, so also physicians are many in title but very few in reality.
Page 38 - ... which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to...
Page 16 - The art of medicine is thus divided amongst them: each physician applies himself to one disease only, and not more. All places abound in physicians; some physicians are for the eyes, others for the head, others for the teeth, others for the parts about the belly, and others for internal disorders.
Page 38 - Into whatever houses I enter, I will go into them for the benefit of the sick, and will abstain from every voluntary act of mischief and corruption ; and further, from the seduction of females or males, of freemen and slaves.
Page 38 - I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.
Page 12 - Elam, there are found (sections 215-225) regulations of the medical profession, fixing a scale of fees and penalties for malpractice. Physicians are mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments. Jeremiah asks, " Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?
Page 44 - Medicine is of all the arts the most noble; but, owing to the ignorance of those who practice it, and of those who, inconsiderately, form a judgment of them, it is at present far behind all the other arts.