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The Popes and Science: The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own TimeWalsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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The Popes and Science: The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time

Name: The Popes and Science: The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time
Author: Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Popes; Religion and science -- History; Science -- History

Dante a type of the medieval university student.
  His knowledge a proof of how he was taught.
  Dante as a student of nature.
  Ruskin's opinion.
  Trobridge's suggestions.
  Dante's early education.
  Azarias and Kropotkin on the public schools of Florence and Nuremberg.
  Kuhns on Dante's science.
  Optics.
  Astronomy.
  Humboldt's praise of Dante's scientific knowledge.
  Dante the observer, phosphorescence, flies, bees and ants.
  Dante knew more science than any modern poet.
  His contribution to the science of education.


  THE CHURCH AND THE MENTALLY AFFLICTED.                            363

  Disease and supernatural agency.
  Denial of disease.
  Scientists and spiritualism.
  Reaction in recent years.
  Anticipations in psychiatry.
  Supposed evolution of treatment of the mentally diseased.
  Medieval care of the insane.
  Psychopathic wards in hospitals.
  The open door treatment.
  After-care of the insane.
  The colony system.
  Religious suggestion and cure--ancient and modern.
  Prayer and mental disease.
  Care of the insane at Gheel.
  Neglect {xii} of insane not exclusively medieval.
  Milder measures quite modern.
  Spiritual agencies in life.
  Alfred Russell Wallace, Sir William Crookes, Sir Oliver Lodge,
    Prof. Charles Richet, Lombroso.


APPENDIX I.

  OPPOSITION TO SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.                               390

  The Popes as patrons of scientific education.
  Swift on genius and assinine opposition.
  Allston on truth in unusual form.
  "Nonsense" and "absurd" on scientists' tongues.
  Jordan on human conservatism.
  Galileo's letter to Kepler, on "logic" and science.
  Huxley on Galileo.
  De Morgan on other cases.
  Dogmatism and folly.
  Persecution of scientists.
  Harvey, Vesalius, Servetus, Steno.
  Not confined to old times, Jenner, Auenbrugger, Laennec,
    Thomas Young, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Semmelweiss.
  Opposition in other sciences.
  Ohm.
  Young men and discoveries.
  Pasteur and rabies.
  Our universities and economics.
  Conservatism still active.
  The lesson.


APPENDIX II.

  LATIN TEXT OF PAPAL BULLS AND DECREES.                            413

  _De Sepulturis._
  _De Crimine Falsi._
  _Super Illius specula._
  Bulls for erection of Universities of Perugia and Cahors.


APPENDIX III.                                                      419

  Emperor Frederick's Law Regulating the Practice of Medicine (1231)


APPENDIX IV.

CHURCH DECREES RELATING TO MEDICINE.                               424

  Prohibition of the study and practice of medicine and law to
    members of religious orders.
  Text of the decrees.
  Significance of the prohibition.
  Not all priests, but only members of religious orders involved.
  Church decrees as to the physician's duty in securing the last
    rites of the Church for his patients when in danger of death.
  Text of the decrees.
  Misunderstanding.


APPENDIX V.

PAPAL PHYSICIANS.                                               431

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