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Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine

Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The seventh volume is on Anthropology written by the editor himself and on Medicine written by Theodore H. Allen. An introduction to the Anthropology section was written by Frederick Starr. The section on Anthropology discusses its role in science, explains different human races, delved into prehistoric archaeology and further into the development of culture. The section on Medicine goes through medical knowledge from the ancients, Greeks, Romans, Arabians and all the way to the 17th to 19th century. It examined how these different eras affected the progress of medicine. - Summary by Sienna (9 hr 38 min)

Chapters

00 - Introduction

14:55

01 - Man's Place in Nature

33:35

02 - Anthropometry

19:56

03 - The Unity and Variety of Man

32:31

04 - The Racial Divisions of Man

25:06

05 - Prehistoric Archeology

31:10

06 - The Development of Culture

27:44

07 - The Ancients

47:53

08 - The Greeks

41:25

09 - The Romans

24:00

10 - Byzantine and Arabian Schools

30:48

11 - The Close of Medievalism

30:04

12 - The Century of Schools, Part 1

24:25

13 - The Century of Schools, Part 2

26:02

14 - The Period of Systematization

38:02

15 - The Contributions of the Practitioner

36:21

16 - Nineteenth-century Theories

23:09

17 - Modern Treatment of Disease

22:23

18 - Modern Physiology, Part 1

21:57

19 - Modern Physiology, Part 2

27:01