From the Renaissance through modern times
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From the Renaissance through modern times
（Contributions in military studies, no. 124 . A history of military medicine / Richard A. Gabriel and Karen S. Metz ; v. 2）
Greenwood Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-297) and index
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Description
This two-volume work is the first published comprehensive history of military medicine in the Western world. The first volume deals with the period beginning with Sumer (4000 B.C.) and concludes with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. The second volume begins with the Renaissance, the occasion of the Western rebirth of the empirical habit of inquiry that made possible the eventual development of scientific medicine, and ends with the Vietnam War. Within each volume, the analysis is organized chronologically.
Since the transfer of information or practices relevant to military medicine were rare, prior to the Renaissance the first volume examines the various civilizations as individual detailed case studies. Subsequent numerous instances of cross-national transfer of information and practices are reflected in the organization of the second volume, which still does not lose sight of the fact that, until very modern times the various national efforts at providing military medical care remained sufficiently unique. Each volume ends with a bibliography and a general subject index. These volumes will be of considerable use to students and scholars alike in the disciplines of world history, military studies, and medical history. It is hoped that the Gabriel-Metz undertaking will stimulate an intensive re-examination of the course of military medical history.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction War and Medicine in the Ancient World Ancient Sumer, 4000 to 2000 B.C. Egypt, 3500 to 350 B.C. Assyria, 911 to 612 B.C. Israel, Persia, and India, 1300 to 100 B.C. Greece, 500 to 147 B.C. Rome, 753 B.C to 478 A.D. Barbarians, Byzantines, Islam, and the Middle Ages Military Medicine in the Ancient World Selected Bibliography Index Volume II
- Introduction Development of Modern War, 1453 to the Twentieth Century The Renaissance: Rebirth of the Empirical Spirit The Seventeenth Century: Gunpowder and Slaughter Eighteenth Century: The Age of Amputation Nineteenth Century: The First Effective Military Medical Care Systems Twentieth Century: The Rise of Modern Military Medicine The Emergence of Military Medicine Bibliography Index
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ISBN 9780313284038
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Richard A. Gabriel and Karen S. Metz have completed this unique two-volume work: the first published comprehensive history of military medicine in the Western world. This second volume begins with the Renaissance, the occasion of the Western rebirth of the empirical habit of inquiry that made possible the eventual development of scientific medicine. The volume continues with studies of the increasingly sophisticated art of military medicine as it developed from the slaughter pens and amputations of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to the first effective medical care systems developed in the nineteenth century. The rise of modern military medicine in the twentieth century is then analyzed by Gabriel and Metz up until the close of the Vietnam War.
Numerous instances of cross-national transfer of information and practices are reflected in the organization of the second volume, which still does not lose sight of the fact that, until very modern times, the various national efforts at providing military medical care remained essentially unique. Volume II concludes with an overview of the emergence of military medicine, a bibliography, and a general subject index. These volumes will be of considerable use to students and scholars alike in the disciplines of world history, military studies, and medical history. It is hoped that the Gabriel-Metz undertaking will stimulate an intensive re-examination of the course of military medical history.
Table of Contents
- Development of Modern War, 1453 to the 20th century
- The Renaissance - Rebirth of the Empirical Spirit
- The 17th Century - Gunpowder and Slaughter
- 18th Century - the Age of Amputation
- 19th Century - the First Effective Military Medical Care Systems
- 20th Century - the Rise of Modern Military Medicine
- The Emergence of Military Medicine.
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