London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
George Vivian Poore
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Length 4 h 18 min
Chapters 9
First published 1889
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
Chapters
1
Preface Read by David Wales 1:38
2
Ditto: Gardens And Pleasure Grounds Read by David Wales 27:32
3
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 Read by David Wales 38:58
4
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 Read by David Wales 21:13
5
Ditto: The College Of Physicians Read by David Wales 25:12
6
Ditto: The Plague Read by David Wales 29:30
7
Ditto: Secret Remedies; The Crusade Against Quackery; Medicine In The Days Of Pepys; The Barber Surgeons; The First Anatomy Lectures; The Apothecaries Read by David Wales 33:01
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Ditto: The Royal Society; Gresham College; The Earliest Hospitals; The Royal Hospitals; Early Hospital Practice Read by David Wales 32:28
9
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 Read by David Wales 24:18
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