CONTENTS 



Lamarckian conception, p. 178 Pouchet's belief in spontaneous 

 generation, p. 180 Pasteur's refutation of the doctrine, p. 180. 



CHAPTER VII 



EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE 



The fame of Hermann Boerhaave as a physician, p. 182 His classi- 

 fication of the different branches of medicine, p. 183 Animists, 

 vitalists, and organicists, p. 184 The "Brunonian system," p. 

 187 The system of Hahnemann, p. 188 Jenner and vaccination, 

 p. 190 His famous paper on vaccination, p. 194 Reception of 

 the discovery of vaccination in Europe, p. 196. 



CHAPTER VIII 



NINETEENTH-CENTURY MEDICINE 



Corvisart lays the foundation of physical diagnosis, p. 200 Laen- 

 nec's invention of the stethoscope, p. 201 Piorry's introduction of 

 mediate percussion, p. 203 The work of Hall, Magendie, and Louis 

 in overthrowing "depletive methods" of treatment, p. 203 Re- 

 nucci's demonstration that the itch mite is the cause of the disease, 

 and the impetus given to the study of parasitic diseases, p. 206 

 Owen's discovery of the Trichina spiralis, p. 207 Schoenlein's dis- 

 covery of the cause of favus, p. 208 Dr. Horace Wells's experi- 

 ment in painless dentistry by means of nitrous oxide, p. 213 

 Morton's discovery of ether anaesthesia, p. 214 His demonstration 

 at the Boston Hospital, October 16, 1846, p. 214 The claims of 

 Jackson and Long as to priority of the discovery, p. 215 Simpson's 

 discovery that chloroform produces anaesthesia, p. 217 Pasteur's 

 studies of fermentation, p. 217 The studies of micro-organisms 

 by Latour and Schwann, p. 218 Liebig's opposition to the theory 

 that micro-organisms are responsible for fermentation and putre- 

 faction, p. 219 Pasteur proves that micro-organisms cause decay 

 of organic tissues, p. 220 Devaine's discovery that anthrax is 

 caused by bacteria, p. 227 Koch's corroboration of Devaine's dis- 

 covery, p. 228 Pasteur's experiments settle forever the question of 

 bacilli as the cause of anthrax, p. 228 Lister's discovery of anti- 

 sepsis, p. 229 Pasteur's experiments with chicken cholera, p. 232 

 His attenuation of the microbe of anthrax, p. 233 His public 

 demonstration of the protection afforded domestic animals by in- 

 oculation of this "virus," p. 238 His inoculations to prevent 

 hydrophobia, p. 240 Behring's discovery of tetanus and diphtheria 



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