. Epitome of the history of medicine : based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo. ong, and he who devotes himself to itmust be versed in the science of anatomy, of which Galenhas transmitted us the knowledge. ... In fine, noone should permit himself to attempt this difficult artwithout having a perfect knowledge of anatomy and theaction of remedies. Not a word is said about dissections, however, fromwhich we conclude that they were not tolerated in his resorted enthusiastically to the cautery, and recom-mended it in spontaneous luxations and the commence-me
. Epitome of the history of medicine : based upon a course of lectures delivered in the University of Buffalo. ong, and he who devotes himself to itmust be versed in the science of anatomy, of which Galenhas transmitted us the knowledge. ... In fine, noone should permit himself to attempt this difficult artwithout having a perfect knowledge of anatomy and theaction of remedies. Not a word is said about dissections, however, fromwhich we conclude that they were not tolerated in his resorted enthusiastically to the cautery, and recom-mended it in spontaneous luxations and the commence-ment of curvature of the spine. He refers particularly to 6-4 THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE. instrumental delivery and the extraction of the after-birth,and, when speaking of fractures and dislocations, heremarks: This part of surgery has been abandoned to-men of vulgar and uncultivated minds, for which reason ithas fallen into undeserved contempt. Avenzoar, born in 1113, of a Spanish family whichhad many illustrious scions, was instructed in medicine byhis father, and ultimately achieved great celebrity through-. FlG. 6.—AVERROES. (From an engraving of a picture by Raffaello in theVatican.) out Spain and Africa; for a time he lived at the court ofthe Prince of Seville, loaded with honors and presents, andfinally was made Vizier. Among other works he wrote atreatise on renal diseases, in which he outlined the treat-ment of calculus and described an operation therefor. Hedied in 1161. Averroes (as he is generally known, though his Arabicname was Aben Roschd) was born 1166, in Cordova, AVERROES. MAIMONIDES. 65 where his father held official position. After beinggrounded in philosophy, mathematics, and other scienceshe became a pupil in medicine under Avenzoar. Thegreater part of his life was passed in Seville, where hewas greatly esteemed and finally knighted. In 1195 hewas called to the court of the King of Spain and Morocco,in Cordova, where he received the highest honors, only,
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