Talks on the History of Medicine
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- General readers curious about the development of medicine who want to build a broad foundation of knowledge
- Medical or nursing students seeking to add a humanistic and historical perspective
- Readers who enjoy works on the history of science and culture and are accustomed to slow reading
- Those working in health communication or popular science writing who need historical reference material
Not a good fit for
- Professional medical workers looking for the latest medical advances and clinical techniques
- Readers who prefer relaxed, colloquial popular science and have little patience for older literary language
- Students needing systematic medical textbooks or exam preparation materials
Reading tips
- Read chapter by chapter in order; after each chapter, summarize the medical characteristics of that period in two or three sentences to help build a timeline.
- When encountering unfamiliar ancient medical concepts, mark them first rather than stopping to look them up; return to them after finishing the chapter.
- Read alongside works on world history or the history of science to understand medical evolution within a larger civilizational context.
- After finishing, choose a period that interests you for further reading, using this concise history as a gateway to deeper study.
About the publisher
The Commercial Press is a publisher known for classic works and academic publishing, with titles spanning Eastern philosophy, foreign literature, world history, social culture, and applied psychology. Its list includes classical commentaries such as Zhu Xi's Collected Commentaries on the Analects and Wang Bi's Commentary on the Zhouyi, as well as modern annotated translations like Zhuangzi with Modern Notes and Translation. In foreign literature it offers War and Peace and Crime and Punishment, while in world history it carries Braudel's The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II. Applied psychology is represented by Irvin D. Yalom's Existential Psychotherapy, and ethical texts include a Greek-Chinese-English edition of the Nicomachean Ethics. Its authors and translators include Zhu Xi, Wang Bi, Yalom, Braudel, and translators such as Huang Zheng, Zhang Yiling, Shen Dongyu, and Tang Jialong, balancing the editing of original texts with academic translation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 原序
- 第一章 古代希腊及其前后
- 第一节、埃及和巴比伦的医学
- 第二节、希腊的医学
- 第三节、希波革拉第
- 第四节、亚理斯多德
- 第五节、亚历山德利亚的医学
- 第六节、罗马的医学
- 第七节、格林
- 第二章 中世纪
- 第一节、医学衰退时代
- 第二节、萨列诺的医学
- 第三节、俾盛丁的医学
- 第四节、阿剌伯的医学
- 第五节、大学的勃兴
- 第六节、医学教育
- 第七节、医疗及卫生
- 第三章 16、17世纪
- 第一节、医学更生时代
- 第二节、解剖学的复兴
- 第三节、外科学的进步
- 第四节、内科学的复兴
- 第五节、自然科学的进展
- 第六节、生理学的复兴
- 第七节、显微镜的使用
- 第八节、化学的发达
- 第九节、三个学派
- 第四章 18世纪及19世纪初叶
- 第一节、科学融合时代
- 第二节、临床教育的勃兴
- 第三节、生理学的近代化
- 第四节、科学上的新知识
- 第五节、病理解剖学和组织学
- 第六节、诊断法的革新
- 第七节、外科学和产科学
- 第八节、统计学的诞生
- 第九节、卫生状态的改善
- 第十节、实业革命的影响
- 第十一节、流行病的制伏
- 第五章 19世纪以后
- 第一节、专门分科时代
- 第二节、催眠术及其他
- 第三节、预防医学的发展
- 第四节、比较解剖学和胎生学
- 第五节、生活机能的研究
- 第六节、实验医学的确立者
- 第七节、细胞学和细胞病理学
- 第八节、细菌学的诞生
- 第九节、麻醉剂的发现
- 第十节、创伤防腐法
- 第十一节、X射线的应用及其他
- 第十二节、病原体的探究
- 第十三节、免疫的研究
- 第十四节、热带病的征服
- 第十五节、寄生虫的研究
- 第十六节、内科学的泰斗
- 第十七节、皮肤病学的进展
- 第十八节、近代的眼科学
- 第十九节、耳鼻咽喉科学的发达
- 第二十节、小儿科学的成长
- 第二十一节、法医学的进步
- 第二十二节、对于精神病的新倾向
- 第二十三节、近代的医化学
- 第二十四节、近代的生理学
- 第二十五节、药物学的趋势
- 第二十六节、看护妇的向上
- 第二十七节、医学的国际化
- 第二十八节、医学史的研究
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About the author
Ishikawa Mitsuaki is an author about whom little public information is currently available; details such as an English name, nationality, and dates of birth and death have not been clearly recorded. According to the library's holdings, he has two works, both centered on the history of medicine, with Medical History Talks as his representative title. This subject matter suggests a sustained interest in the historical development of medicine, and his writing tends toward presenting the evolution of medical knowledge in an anecdotal, accessible narrative form, making specialized content more readable. Because verifiable material is very limited, it is difficult to judge his academic background, professional positions, or the full scope of his writing. Based on the available works alone, however, his focus is clearly on the history of medicine, and his writings may be useful to readers interested in the origins and historical stories of medicine.
Mu Shaoliang is an author about whom limited public information is available. The library holds one work under this name, A History of Medicine. Judging from the title and its common classification, the book belongs to popular writing on the history of medicine, likely tracing key developments, figures, and shifts in medical thought over time and turning specialized medical knowledge into a narrative accessible to general readers. Since the author's biography, nationality, and dates of birth and death are not clearly recorded, this note makes no speculation about them. What can be stated is that the writing addresses non-specialist readers and emphasizes the broad outline of historical facts and readability rather than dense academic argument. For readers seeking an overall view of how medicine evolved, A History of Medicine offers a relatively approachable introduction and thus occupies a place among popular medical works.
