Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Medical, Science, Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Authors: Francis Rolt-Wheeler In Year : 1909

Book Language: English

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Introduction
Man's Place in Nature
Anthropometry
The Unity and Variety of Man
The Racial Divisions of Man
Prehistoric Archeology
The Development of Culture
The Ancients
The Greeks
The Romans
Byzantine and Arabian Schools
The Close of Medievalism
The Century of Schools, Part 1
The Century of Schools, Part 2
The Period of Systematization
The Contributions of the Practitioner
Nineteenth-century Theories
Modern Treatment of Disease
Modern Physiology, Part 1
Modern Physiology, Part 2

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The seventh volume is on Anthropology written by the editor himself and on Medicine written by Theodore H. Allen. An introduction to the Anthropology section was written by Frederick Starr. The section on Anthropology discusses its role in science, explains different human races, delved into prehistoric archaeology and further into the development of culture. The section on Medicine goes through medical knowledge from the ancients, Greeks, Romans, Arabians and all the way to the 17th to 19th century. It examined how these different eras affected the progress of medicine. - Summary by Sienna