# An Epitome of the History of Medicine

Author: Park, Roswell, 1852-1914

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46727

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=An+Epitome+of+the+History+of+Medicine+Park&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

_Medicine Among the Hebrews, the Egyptians, the Orientals, the Chinese, and the Early Greeks.--The Asclepiadæ.--Further Arrangement into Periods ( Renouard's Classification). The Age of Foundation.--The Primitive; Sacred, or Mystic; and Philosophic Periods.--Systems in Vogue: Dogmatism, Methodism, Empiricism, Eclecticism.--Hippocrates, born 460 B.C._

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/11/index.md)
- [dim. By this performance he became practically the father of modern](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/an-epitome-of-the-history-of-medicine-46727/chapters/12/index.md)