London (Ancient and Moodern) From the Sanitary and Medical Point of View., by G. V. Poore, M.D
by George Vivian Poore
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About this eBook
- Author
- Poore, George Vivian, 1843-1904
- Title
- London (Ancient and Modern) from the Sanitary and Medical Point of View
- Credits
- Produced by deaurider, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
- Subject
- Medicine -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 54904
- Release Date
- June 14, 2017
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.LONDON (Ancient and Modern) From the Sanitary and Medical Point of View.
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LONDON ( Ancient and Modern ) From the Sanitary and Medical Point of View. — CHAPTER I. LONDON FROM THE SANITARY POINT OF VIEW. — SITUATION. — WATER SUPPLY. — MEDIÆVAL LONDON. — GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS. — HEALTH OF OLD LONDON. — THE LONDON “DEATH RATE.” — IMPROVED CONDITION OF MODERN LONDON. — WHAT IS THE OUTLOOK? — Annual Death-Rate per 100,000 Living of Children under 5 Years of Age from Whooping-cough and Measles during the 10 Years 1871–80. — THE LOOSE END OF OUR SANITATION.
- 5.CHAPTER II. LONDON FROM THE MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW. — CHAUCER’S DOCTOR. — EARLIEST LONDON PRACTITIONERS. — THE SEVERANCE OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY. — THE EARLIEST MEDICAL ACT. — THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. — THE PLAGUE. — SECRET REMEDIES. — THE CRUSADE AGAINST QUACKERY. — MEDICINE IN THE DAYS OF PEPYS. — THE BARBER-SURGEONS. — THE FIRST ANATOMY LECTURES. — THE APOTHECARIES. — THE ROYAL SOCIETY. — GRESHAM COLLEGE. — THE EARLIEST HOSPITALS. — THE ROYAL HOSPITALS. — EARLY HOSPITAL PRACTICE. — THE PHARMACOPŒIAS. — THE RISE OF THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. — HOSPITALS BUILT BY PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE. — MODERN MEDICAL SCHOOLS AND EXAMINATIONS. — LONDON AS A PLACE OF STUDY.
- 6.Transcriber’s Notes
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