Medicine Among the Hebrews, the Egyptians, the Orientals, the Chinese, and the Early Greeks.--The Asclepiadæ.--Further Arrangement into Periods (Renouard's Classification). The Age of Foundation.--The Primitive; Sacred, or Mystic; and Philosophic Periods.--Systems in Vogue: Dogmatism, Methodism, Empiricism, Eclecticism.--Hippocrates...................................... 1-29 CHAP II. AGE OF Foundation (continued).--Anatomic Period: Influence of the Alexandrian Library. Herophilus and Erasistratus. Aretæus. Cel-sus. Galen.--Empiricism: Asclepiades.--Methodism: Theinison.--Eclecticism. Age of Transition.--Greek Period: Oribasins. Ætius. Alexander of Tralles. Paulus Ægineta............ 30-56 CHAP III. Age of Transition (continued).--Arabic Period: Alkindus. Mesue. Rhazes. Haly-Abbas. Avicenna. Albucassis. Avenzoar. Averroës. Maimonides.--School of Salernum: Constantinus Africanus. Roger of Salerno. Roland of Parma. The Four Masters. John of Procida................................................. 57-85 CHAP IV Age of Transition ( concluded).--The School of Montpellier: Raimond Lulli. John of Gaddesden. Arnold of Villanova. Establishment of Various Universities. Gerard of Cremona. William of Salicet. Lanfranc. Mondino. Guy de Chauliac. Age of Renovation.--Erudite Period, including the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Thomas Linacre. Sylvius. Vesalius. Columbus. Eustaclius. Fallopius. Fabricius ab Aquapendente. Fabricius Hildanus.. 86-113 CHAP V. Age of Renovation (continued).--Erudite Period (continued): Beni-vieni. Jean Fern el. Porta. Severino. Incorporation of Brother-hood of St. Come into the University of Paris. Ambroise Paré. Guillemeau. Influence of the Occult Sciences: Agrippa. Jerome Cardan. Paracelsus. Botal. Joubert...................... 114-147 CHAP VI. Age of Renovation (continued).--Stndent-life During the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Ceremonials Previous to Dissection.--Reform Period: The Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries. Modern Realism in Medicine and Science. Introduction of the Cell-doctrine. Discovery of the Circulation. William Harvey. Malpighi. Leuwenhoek. Correct-Doctrine of Respiration. Discovery of the Lymphatic Circulation. The Nervous System. Discovery of Cinchona. Development in Obstetric Art, in Medical Jurisprudence, and in Oral Clinical Teaching. Van Helmont.--The Iatrochemical System: Le Bôe. Thomas Willis... 148-170 CHAP VII. Age of Renovation (continued).--latromechanical School: Santoro. Borelli. Sydenham. Sir Thomas Browne.--Surgery: Denis. F. Collot. Dionis. Baulot (Frère Jacques). Scultetus. Rau. Wiseman. Cowper. Sir C. Wren the Discoverer of Hypodermatic Medication. Anatomical Discoveries. General Condition of the Profession During the Seventeenth Century. The Eighteenth Century. Boerliaave. Gaub.--Animism: Stahl.--Jlechanico-dynamic System: Hoffmann. Cullen.--Old Vienna School: Van Swieten. De Haën.--Vitalism: Bordeu. Erasmus Darwin .................171-202