. The Pharmaceutical era. Fig. 28.—Acine MicroscopeLamp. two brothers settled in Novogorod in 8()2. Aboutthis time Christianity was introduced into Russia fromByzantium, and with Christianity came the first knowl-edge of the arts and of medicine. The famous monas-tery of Kieff was the earliest seat of learning, and itsmonks soon became noted for their successful treatmentof disease. The wizards and wolfmen disappeared, and. •Abstract of a paper read before the Liverpool ChemistsAssociation, February 10. Reprinted from Br. and Col. Drug. Fig. 29.—Microscope Lamp With Glass Rods. medical practic
. The Pharmaceutical era. Fig. 28.—Acine MicroscopeLamp. two brothers settled in Novogorod in 8()2. Aboutthis time Christianity was introduced into Russia fromByzantium, and with Christianity came the first knowl-edge of the arts and of medicine. The famous monas-tery of Kieff was the earliest seat of learning, and itsmonks soon became noted for their successful treatmentof disease. The wizards and wolfmen disappeared, and. •Abstract of a paper read before the Liverpool ChemistsAssociation, February 10. Reprinted from Br. and Col. Drug. Fig. 29.—Microscope Lamp With Glass Rods. medical practice was confined to the monks till tlieeleventh century, when certain Armenians appear tohave set up in opposition to them. During the next 250years the Tartars conquered the country, putting of its inhabitants to death, but sparing the monkson account of their \alue as medicine men. Towards the end of the fifteenth century many for-eigners had found their way into the country, andamongst them physicians whose lives do not appear fihave been exactly hapiy, and it is recorded that in 149ya Jewish physician was executed for failing, to save thelife of the Czars son, who was siiffering from gout inthe feet. The first English medical man to practice inRussia was a Dr. Ralph Standi-sh. who sailed in the country with the famous traveler, Anthony Jen-kinson. arriving at Astrakhan in 1558. The account of
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