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1 online resource (136 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in history, economics, and public law, no. 287 |
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Studies in history, economics, and public law ; no. 287.
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I: FACTORS WHICH RETARD THE DIFFUSION OF MEDICAL DISCOVERIES -- CHAPTER I. FACTORS WHICH RETARD THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS -- CHAPTER II. CONSERVATISM IN MEDICINE, A PERSPECTIVE -- CHAPTER III. OPPOSITION TO DISSECTION -- CHAPTER IV. OPPOSITION TO HARVEY'S THEORY OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD -- CHAPTER V. RECEPTION OF AUENBRUGGER'S THEORY OF PERCUSSION -- CHAPTER VI. THE OPPOSITION TO VACCINATION -- CHAPTER VII. OPPOSITION TO HOLMES AND SEMMELWEIS -- CHAPTER VIII. OPPOSITION TO PASTEUR AND HIS DISCOVERIES -- CHAPTER IX. OPPOSITION TO THE DOCTRINE OF ANTISEPSIS -- CHAPTER X. OPPOSITION TO ASEPSIS -- CHAPTER XI. SUMMARY -- PART II: THE NATURE OF MEDICAL PROGRESS -- CHAPTER I. BIOGRAPHY IN MEDICAL HISTORY -- CHAPTER II. THE DEPENDENCE OF A DISCOVERY UPON THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE -- CHAPTER III. MULTIPLE DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX |
| Summary |
Looks at two aspects of cultural change in the field of medicine. The first is an analysis of the psychological and sociological factors which slow innovations and second is the nature of progress in medicine |
| Notes |
Published also as thesis (Ph. D.) Columbia University, 1927 |
| Bibliography |
Includes Bibliography (pages 128-134) and index |
| Notes |
In English |
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Online resource (HeinOnline, July 7, 2023) |
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Medicine -- History.
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History of Medicine
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history of medicine.
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MEDICAL / History.
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Medicine
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Electronic books
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dissertations.
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Academic theses
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History
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780231890731 |
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0231890737 |
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