Publications of. Moore, Wihtach, £ieys & Oo. 

 REWOUARD'S HISTORY OF MEDICINE. 



A BUtary of Medicine, from Ui Origin to (he Nineteenth Cmtwry, with an Afpen- 

 dix, containing a series of PhUoiophic and Historic Letters on Medicine of tht 

 present Century, by Dr. Baumard, Fa/Hx. Trarulated from the I^ench, by O. O. 

 Comegys, Prof. /tut. Med. in Miami Medical CoUege. One mVame octavo. She^, 

 Price, $3 50. 



BHTOFTIO TABLE OF flONTENTB ; 



I. AGE OP FOUNDATION. 1. PRIMITIVE PERIOD : From the Origin of So- 

 ciety to the Deatruetion of Troy, 1184, B. 0. 3- SAORED oe MYSTIC PERIOD : 

 Ending with the Dispersion of the Pythagoreans, SOO, B. 0. 8. PHILOSOPHIC 

 PERIOD : Ending at the Foundation of the Alexandrian Library, 320, B. 0. 4. AN- 

 ATOMICAL PERIOD: Ending at the Death of Galen, -A. D. 200. II. AGE OF 

 TRANSITION. 5. GREEK PERIOD : Ending at the Burning of the Alexandrian 

 Library, A. D. 640. 6. ARABIC PERIOD: Ending at the Revival of Letters in 

 Europe, A. D. 1400. UL AGE OF RENOVATION. 7. ERUDITE PERIOD : Com- 

 prising the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. 8. REFORM PERIOD : Comprising 

 the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. 



From Professor Jackson, of the University of PennvyhMnia. 



Philaselphia, May 1. 

 My Dear Sir— The wort you have translated, " Histoire de la Medecine," by Dr. 

 F. V. Renouard, is a compendious, well-arranged treatise on the subject. 



Every physician and student of medicine should be acquainted with the history 

 of his science. It is not only interesting, but of advantage to know the views and 

 the interpretations of the same pathological conditions investigated at the present 

 day, in past ages. They were handled then with as much force And sidll as now, 

 but without the scientific Ught that assists so powerfully modem research. . . . 

 Very truly yours, SAMUEL JACKSON. 



The best history of medicine extant, and one that will find a place in the library 

 of every physician who aims at an acquaintance with the past history of his profes- 

 sion There are many items in it we should lilse to oifer for the instruction 



and amusement of our readers. — American Journal of Pharmacy. 



From the pages of Dr. Renouard, a very accurate acquaintance may be obtained 

 with the history of medicine — its relation to civilization, its progress compared with 

 other sciences and arts, its more distinguished cultivators, with the several theories 

 and systems proposed by them ; and its relationship to the reigning philosophical 

 dogmas of the several periods. His historical narrative is clear and concise — 

 tracing the progress of medicine through its three ages or epochs— that of foun- 

 dation or origin, that of tradition, and that of renovation. — American Journal of 

 Medical Science. 



Is a work of profound and curious research, and will fU a place in our English 

 literature which has heretofore been vacant. It presents a compact view of tlu pro- 

 gress of TnediciTie in different ages; a lucid exposition of tM theories of rival sects; 

 a dear delineation of the changes of different systems; together with the bearings of 

 the whale on the progress of civilization. The work also abounds in amusing and 

 instructive incidents relating to the medical profession. The biographical pictures 

 of the great cultivators of the science, such as Hippocrates, Galen, Avicenna, Hal- 

 ler, Harvey, Jenner, and others, are skillftiUy drawn. Dr. Comegys deserves the 

 thanks of not only the members of the medical profession, but also of every Ameri- 

 can sc)wlar, far tlie fidelity and success with which his task lias been performed.— 

 Harper's Magazine. 



From the British and Foreign Medico- Chirurgical Bemsm, for July, 1857. 

 HisTOEY OS Medicine.— It is expressly from the conviction of the deficiency of 

 the English language in works on the History of Medicine, that we feel indebted to 

 Dr Comegys for the excellent translation of the comparatively recent work of 



Renouard, the title of which is placed at the head of this article We hope 



before long to find that in every important sqhool of medicine in this country, op- 

 ndrtunities will be offered to students wbereby they may be enabled to attam some 

 knowledge at least of the history of that profession to the practice of which then 

 lives are to be devoted. 



