The Medical Profession in Ancient Times: An Anniversary DiscourseAcademy, 1856 - 222 pages |
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... known as public speakers . Eloquence gives spirit to the pulpit , gives spirit to the bar ; but the Genius of Medicine sits pensive and alone , her finger on her lips , as if admonishing her votaries by the example of her own silence ...
... known as public speakers . Eloquence gives spirit to the pulpit , gives spirit to the bar ; but the Genius of Medicine sits pensive and alone , her finger on her lips , as if admonishing her votaries by the example of her own silence ...
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... known something of the internal structure of the human frame ; for , having shot an arrow through the body of a child , the son of Prexaspes , to prove his skill in archery , he ordered them to open him and examine the wound ; when the ...
... known something of the internal structure of the human frame ; for , having shot an arrow through the body of a child , the son of Prexaspes , to prove his skill in archery , he ordered them to open him and examine the wound ; when the ...
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... known to have devoted himself to medicine as an industrial occupation . Leaving Crotona and his father's house , he first settled at Ægina ; where , though poorly provided with the instruments of his art , he soon surpassed the most ...
... known to have devoted himself to medicine as an industrial occupation . Leaving Crotona and his father's house , he first settled at Ægina ; where , though poorly provided with the instruments of his art , he soon surpassed the most ...
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... known the character of disease , and the fifth by instant assistance palliates suffering , and gives relief to pain . Aristotle , though not a practitioner of medicine , was of the family of the Asclepiadæ . He was well skilled in ...
... known the character of disease , and the fifth by instant assistance palliates suffering , and gives relief to pain . Aristotle , though not a practitioner of medicine , was of the family of the Asclepiadæ . He was well skilled in ...
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... known also to have been in Southern Europe , in comparatively recent times . * The remarks of Paulus Ægineta in reference to this operation , are somewhat in con- firmation of M. Littré's views . Again , the prohibi- tion against the ...
... known also to have been in Southern Europe , in comparatively recent times . * The remarks of Paulus Ægineta in reference to this operation , are somewhat in con- firmation of M. Littré's views . Again , the prohibi- tion against the ...
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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.