Project Gutenberg 2022-04-14 Public domain in the USA. 302 Buck, Albert H. (Albert Henry) 1842 1922 Buck, Albert Henry 17005568 The growth of medicine from the earliest times to about 1800 $aUnited States :$bYale University Press,$c1917. Turgut Dincer, Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Growth of Medicine from the Earliest Times to About 1800" by Albert H. Buck is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book examines the evolution of medical practices and knowledge from prehistoric times through the 18th century, highlighting key figures and developments in various civilizations. It offers an overview of ancient medical traditions and practices, setting the stage for the significant advancements in medicine that followed. The opening of the text establishes the importance of understanding the history of medicine, emphasizing that many practitioners today lack a knowledge of how their field has evolved. Buck references several historical sources and outlines the structure of the text, which divides medical history into various epochs. He also discusses the challenges of documenting medical history, particularly from earlier periods where written records are scarce. The content suggests that the book aims to provide an accessible yet informative narrative on the development of medicine, appealing to both practitioners and educated laypersons interested in the origins of medical practices. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/growthofmedicine00buckuoft 20190109103025buck 1917 US Reading ease score: 48.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Medicine -- History R Text Category: History - Other Category: Health & Medicine 1446600 2025-06-27T04:28:30.184768 text/html 1408619 2024-10-18T20:56:09 text/html 3091902 2025-06-27T04:28:48.414773 application/epub+zip 3089237 2025-06-27T04:28:33.151849 application/epub+zip 632440 2025-06-27T04:28:31.632782 application/epub+zip 3437657 2025-06-27T04:28:59.378618 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3351959 2025-06-27T04:28:46.576724 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 897115 2022-09-30T14:19:51.459841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1261800 2025-06-27T04:28:28.059768 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1241687 2024-10-18T20:56:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16307 2025-06-27T04:28:59.540682 application/rdf+xml 16787 2025-06-27T04:28:31.832763 image/jpeg 2097 2025-06-27T04:28:31.733753 image/jpeg 2821341 2025-06-27T04:28:30.352780 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