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504 F. S. B. 
and adds u the disease is almost peculiar to high steppers.” 
Goyau is of the same opinion. 
For both diseases we see the question of etiology is yet un¬ 
settled. For both the same causes are called into play. 
( To be continued .) 
A SHORT SKETCH 
OF TIIE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COM¬ 
PARATIVE MEDICINE. 
From the Thierdrztliche Jahrbrucher , 1878. By Prof. Dr. J. 
E. L. Falke , of Jena. 
Translated from the German, by F. S. B. 
MEDICINE IN ANTIQUITY. 
The rising son first illuminated the medical horizon among 
the ancient Greeks. There medicine stood under the influence of 
the gods, especially represented by Asklepias and his posterity, 
he having first performed much in their service. Cylule was the 
especial protector of animals, and the discoverer of different cura¬ 
tive and protective medicines against the diseases to which they 
were subject. We observe by this ideal people the active obser¬ 
vation of the favorable and evil influences of physical agents 
during treatment; they also observed that animals instinctively 
shunned surrounding dangers and sought protective influences. 
Empirical veterinary medicine took its beginning and became 
gradually more perfected with the use of animals for sacrifice in 
the temples. Behold the beginning of Anatomy, Physiology and 
Pathology! The scientific element there took an early birth. 
Philosophy was the alma mater of medicine. I place express 
emphasis upon this fact, as we always find, in tracing the history 
of the cultivation of man, that where he has disdainfully turned 
away from the frequently despised teachings of the thinkers, a 
coarse materialismus soon made itself apparent. For the prac¬ 
titioner, we cheerfully defend the two Baglivic pillars of medicine 
