Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699

Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 The origins of medical theory and practice in this nation extend further than...
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Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699

Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699

€6,27

Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699

€6,27
Author: Hughes, Thomas Proctor,1905-
Format: eBook
Language: English

Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699

The origins of medical theory and practice in this nation extend further than the settlement at Jamestown in 1607. Jamestown was a seed carried from the Old World and planted in the New; medicine was one of the European characteristics transmitted with the seed across the Atlantic. In the process of transmission changes took place, and in the New World medicine adapted itself to some circumstances unknown to Europe; but the contact with European developments in theory and practice was neverand is notbroken. Because of this relationship between European and American medicine, an acquaintance with seventeenth-century European medicine makes it possible to give additional support to some of the information in the early sources about medicine in colonial Virginia. In addition, knowledge of the European background allows reasonable speculation as to what happened in Virginia when the early sources are silent. In discussing the background for American medicine it is not necessary to make a firm distinction between England and the rest of Europe. As today, sciencein this case, medical sciencefrequently ignored national boundaries. The same theories relative to the structure of the body (anatomy), to the functions of the organs and parts of the body (physiology), and to other branches of medical science were common to England and Europe. Medical practice, like theory, varied but in detail from nation to nation in Western Europe. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 28390
Author: Hughes, Thomas Proctor
Release Date: Mar 22, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

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