Project Gutenberg 2019-04-22 Public domain in the USA. 667 Berdoe, Edward 1836 1916 Scalpel, Aesculapius Scalpel, Æsculapius The Origin and Growth of the Healing Art A Popular History of Medicine in All Ages and Countries E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "The Origin and Growth of the Healing Art" by Edward Berdoe is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work provides a comprehensive exploration of the history of medicine across various cultures and time periods, aiming to illuminate the evolution of medical practices from their primitive roots to more modern understandings. Berdoe emphasizes the significant roles that medicine and healing have played in shaping civilizations and societies. The opening portion of the book introduces the theme of medicine as a fundamental aspect of human civilization, beginning with its practices in primitive societies. It discusses how early humans likely observed and learned from the medicinal behaviors of animals, which informed their own healing practices. The text elaborates on various primitive theories of disease, linking illness to spiritual and supernatural causes, such as animism, witchcraft, and demonic possession. Berdoe sets the stage for a deeper examination of how these rudimentary concepts transitioned into more structured medicinal understanding and practice throughout history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 61.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Medicine -- History R Text Category: History - Other Category: Health & Medicine 1871008 2025-07-23T12:50:58.364049 text/html 1796291 2019-04-22T13:30:36 text/html 1195925 2025-07-23T12:51:26.568897 application/epub+zip 1200318 2025-07-23T12:51:03.124989 application/epub+zip 757608 2025-07-23T12:51:00.661018 application/epub+zip 1694750 2025-07-23T12:51:42.090780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1603401 2025-07-23T12:51:23.955924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1162704 2022-09-26T22:36:23.537901 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1374457 2025-07-23T12:50:53.842036 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1374585 2020-06-15T03:59:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18368 2025-07-23T12:51:42.268818 application/rdf+xml 12523 2025-07-23T12:51:01.007980 image/jpeg 1493 2025-07-23T12:51:00.839999 image/jpeg 533729 2020-06-15T03:59:01 application/octet-stream application/zip 1089580 2019-04-22T13:33:41 application/octet-stream application/zip 1087808 2025-07-23T12:50:58.505013 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia