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London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View

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London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View

by George Vivian Poore

English· 04:18:23· 10 chapters
This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with medical issues, mainly through the lives and careers of physicians. Though ancients are included, the main emphasis is upon the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. - Summary by Book Preface and David Wales
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface

    01:38
  2. Chapter 2

    Chapter 1 - London From The Sanitary Point Of View: Situation; Water Supply; Medieval London

    24:33
  3. Chapter 3

    Ditto: Gardens And Pleasure Grounds

    27:32
  4. Chapter 4

    Ditto: The London 'Death Rate'; Improved Conditions Of Modern London; What Is The Outlook?; Annual Death Rate Per 100,000 Living Children; The Loose Ends Of Our Sanitation

    38:58
  5. Chapter 5

    Chapter 2 - London From The Medical Point Of View: Chaucer's Doctor; Earliest London Practitioners; The Severance Of Medicine And Surgery; The Earliest Medical Act

    21:13
  6. Chapter 6

    Ditto: The College Of Physicians

    25:12
  7. Chapter 7

    Ditto: The Plague

    29:30
  8. Chapter 8

    Ditto: Secret Remedies; The Crusade Against Quackery; Medicine In The Days Of Pepys; The Barber Surgeons; The First Anatomy Lectures; The Apothecaries

    33:01
  9. Chapter 9

    Ditto: The Royal Society; Gresham College; The Earliest Hospitals; The Royal Hospitals; Early Hospital Practice

    32:28
  10. Chapter 10

    Ditto: The Pharmacopoeias; The Rise Of The Medical Schools; Hospitals Built By Public Benevolence; Modern Medical Schools And Examinations; London As A Place Of Study

    24:18