A Chronology of medicine : ancient, mediæval, and modern : being a historical, an antiquarian, & a curious survey of the birth & growth of medicine from the earliest times to the present day / edited by John Morgan Richards.

Date:
1880
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Credit: A Chronology of medicine : ancient, mediæval, and modern : being a historical, an antiquarian, & a curious survey of the birth & growth of medicine from the earliest times to the present day / edited by John Morgan Richards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    MEDICINE IN ASSYRIA. S S Y R I A was the earliest parent of the arts and sciences, but her memorials are so scanty that the historian has failed to discover from them to what degree of excellence she rose in the practice of medicine ; and Egypt, with an embarrassing richness of records, has usurped the more honour- able position. In Assyria the priests were the physicians, and their method consisted largely of the application of magical arts, combined with a limited use of compounds extracted from herbs. More than this is not known.