How Long to Read Old-Time Makers of Medicine

How Long Does it Take to Read Old-Time Makers of Medicine?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read Old-Time Makers of Medicine by James Walsh,

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

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"In the present volume he has paid special attention to Hebrew and Arabian physicians and the early period of western restoration of medical science. Thus we find articles on great Jewish physicians, on Maimonides, on great Arabian physicians, on the medical school at Salerno, and on Constantine Africanus. The volume is worthy a place in every medical library, and we take pleasure in recommending it to our readers." -New Charlotte Medical Journal "A fascinating account of the great physicians and surgeons who lived in early Christian and in later mediaeval times and who laid the foundation in a most remarkable way for modern surgery are a few of those early pioneers whose life and works are recorded....To those who have always believed that surgery was primitive and lacking in scientific purpose in mediaeval times it will be a revelation to learn that many of our modern surgical life-saving procedures were anticipated and successfully carried out by those old-time surgeons, who knew about anesthetics, asepsis, first intention of wounds and many other things which we boast of today as being modern. It is interesting, too, to learn how those mediaevals had such wonderful hospitals, indeed they compared most favorably with the hospitals of today and in some respects surpassed them." -Saint Paul Medical Journal "Deals with the students and teachers of medical science in the Middle Ages or for about a thousand years before the discovery of America.... Many things are brought forward to demonstrate that even in surgery the sun shines on nothing new....What Dr. Walsh's book does show, and what it is well worthwhile for the modern man to know and appreciate, is the fact that the men of those darker times, and many women, too, did not live in utter darkness, blind followers of vague traditions and methods, but were often as keen and progressive as the best of the moderns. " -The Nation "It becomes apparent from almost every page that the author desires his readers to think. The themes to which he directs their thoughts most are these: that the scientific spirit is not a psychological development of the nineteenth century, that much of what is supposed to be new in medicine is not original, but rediscovered, and that even the dark ages were not as dark as they are often thought to have been....It is a valuable contribution in this respect that it will turn the attention of thousands of readers to the historical development of medicine. Even if the style of presentation were not as pleasant as it is, the author's controversial writings on the subject of the history of the medical sciences would be certain to secure for himself and his book an audience of no mean size." -Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Great Physicians in Early Christian Times III. Great Jewish Physicians IV. Maimonides V. Great Arabian Physicians VI. The Medical School at Salerno VII. Constantine Africanus VIII. Medieval Women Physicians IX. Mondino and the Medical School of Bologna X. Great Surgeons of the Medieval Universities XI. Guy de Chauliac XII. Medieval Dentistry--Giovanni of Arcoli XIII. Cusanus and the First Suggestion of Laboratory Methods in Medicine XIV. Basil Valentine, Last of the Alchemists, First of the Chemists APPENDICES I. St. Luke the Physician II. Science at the Medieval Universities III. Medieval Popularization of Science

How long is Old-Time Makers of Medicine?

Old-Time Makers of Medicine by James Walsh, is 410 pages long, and a total of 102,500 words.

This makes it 138% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Old-Time Makers of Medicine Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 20 minutes to read Old-Time Makers of Medicine aloud.

What Reading Level is Old-Time Makers of Medicine?

Old-Time Makers of Medicine is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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