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Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER IV. HISTORY OF MEDICINE FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY. THE ARABIAN ERA. In the preceding chapter the history of medical progress was traced from the time of Galen, the second century A. D., to the seventh century A. D. During that period the great Roman Empire had culminated in its greatness and divided into Eastern and Western Empires; and Rome, only a little before mistress of the world, had, under the repeated attacks of so-called Northern barbarians and the effect of internal dissensions, become little more than a heap of ruins. The Eastern Empire, with its capital at Constantinople, was still maintaining a semblance of power, though its downfall was rapidly approaching. During the same period the general aspect of medicine had undergone an equally radical change. The renowned school of Alexandria, with its library and museum, had been destroyed. The rapid spread of Christianity and its dominating influence throughout the Roman Empire had resulted in suppressing nearly all the iEsclepiadae and associated medical schools. By doing so the intimate and long-continued connection of medicine with the ever-varying systems and schools of Grecian and GrecoRoman philosophy was effectually broken up. Many of the educated members of the medical profession embraced the Christian doctrines, and served as Archiators, and many others joined the monasteries and the newly organized hospitals for the sick and again reunited the functions of both physician and priest. When the Emperor Justinian, 529 A. D., finally closed the only remaining important ^Esclepion at Acropolis, and the Platonic School at Athens, their occupants, together with many of the Greek and Roman scholars, migrated into Syria, Arabia and other parts of Asia....
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