London (Ancient and Modern) from the Sanitary and Medical Point of View

CHAPTER II.

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LONDON FROM THE MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW.

CHAUCER’S DOCTOR 50

EARLIEST LONDON PRACTITIONERS 53

THE SEVERANCE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY 56

THE EARLIEST MEDICAL ACT 59

THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS 60

THE PLAGUE 72

SECRET REMEDIES 86

THE CRUSADE AGAINST QUACKERY 89

MEDICINE IN THE DAYS OF PEPYS 92

THE BARBER-SURGEONS 95

THE FIRST ANATOMY LECTURES 97

THE APOTHECARIES 101

THE ROYAL SOCIETY 101

GRESHAM COLLEGE 103

THE EARLIEST HOSPITALS 106

THE ROYAL HOSPITALS 110

EARLY HOSPITAL PRACTICE 112

THE PHARMACOPŒIAS 117

THE RISE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS 119

HOSPITALS BUILT BY PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE 120

MODERN MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND EXAMINATIONS 123

LONDON AS A PLACE OF STUDY 127

LONDON

(_Ancient and Modern_)

From the Sanitary and Medical Point of View.