Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene

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Medical symbolism in connection with historical studies in the arts of healing and hygiene

by Thomas S. Sozinskey

EN·~4 hours·24 chapters

Chapters

24 total
1

DEDICATION.

1:24
2

PREFACE.

2:30
3

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THOMAS S. SOZINSKEY, M.D., Ph.D.

2:52
4

COMMENDATORY LETTERS.

2:24
5

MEDICAL SYMBOLISM. - CHAPTER I. REMARKS ON THE MEANING OF SYMBOLS.

4:05
6

CHAPTER II. THE SERPENTINE GOD OF MEDICINE AT ROME.

11:06
7

CHAPTER III. THE ÆSCULAPIAN SERPENT.

5:46
8

CHAPTER IV. THE EPIDAURIAN ORACLE.

9:18
9

CHAPTER V. ASCLEPIA AND THE ASCLEPIADES.

11:08
10

CHAPTER VI. THE GRECIAN GOD OF MEDICINE.

17:24

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Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (281K characters)

Series

Physicians' and students' ready reference series, no. 9

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: F. A. Davis, 1891.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, Evander Cobban and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2022-11-28

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Thomas S. Sozinskey

Thomas S. Sozinskey

d. 1889

A Philadelphia physician and popular health writer, he blended medical learning with lively cultural history. His best-known work explores how symbols, myths, and art have shaped the way people think about healing.

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