Medical Profession in Ancient Times

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Led on by the attractive nature of the study, I have extended my researches beyond the period of Greek and Roman antiquity; and have on hand the materials for a somewhat similar account of the pro fession among the Arabs of the East and West, among the Byzantine and Latin schools, and the monastic medical institutions 'of the middle ages; which I hope on some favorable occasion also to pre sent to the New York Academy of Medicine, to whom the present work is most respectfully in scribed.