London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
by George Vivian Poore
About this book
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 (9)
1Chapter 1 - London From The Sanitary Point Of View: Situation; Water Supply; Medieval London
2Ditto: Gardens And Pleasure Grounds
3Ditto: 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
4Chapter 2 - London From The Medical Point Of View: Chaucer's Doctor; Earliest London Practitioners; The Severance Of Medicine And Surgery; The Earliest Medical Act
5Ditto: The College Of Physicians
6Ditto: The Plague
7Ditto: Secret Remedies; The Crusade Against Quackery; Medicine In The Days Of Pepys; The Barber Surgeons; The First Anatomy Lectures; The Apothecaries
8Ditto: The Royal Society; Gresham College; The Earliest Hospitals; The Royal Hospitals; Early Hospital Practice
9Ditto: The Pharmacopoeias; The Rise Of The Medical Schools; Hospitals Built By Public Benevolence; Modern Medical Schools And Examinations; London As A Place Of Study
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