ISBN: 9781236283627

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 70 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… More...

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 70 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.1in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1872 Excerpt: . . . the sunken state of his eyes, the feebleness of his voice, the paleness of his complexion, and the tears which he unconsciously shed, fancied that he saw in the congeries of symptoms proofs of a violent passion. In order to throw light on his suspicion, and discover the object, he placed his hand upon the heart of the patient, and had all the females in the palace brought into the chamber, when Antiochus experienced no agitation; but on the approach of Stratonice he immediately changed color, his heart beat forcibly, he was covered with perspiration, and seized with a general trembling. Appian and Lucan render the subsequent part of the recital no less interesting by detailing the adroit manner in which Erasistratus announced the news to Seleucus, and the generous conduct of the king. Soon after this Erasistratus abandoned the practice of medicine and went to Alexandria, where he devoted all his attention to theoretical speculation and to anatomy. His remains were deposited on Mount Mycale opposite Samos, whence arose the surname of Samian which several authors have assigned him. The profundity of his knowledge and his rare probity attracted around him so many friends and disciples that he passed generally for the first anatomist and the greatest theorist of his age. Erasistratus supposed digestion to be performed by attrition. His own system of pathology rested on the idea of the arteries containing only a spirit, and that diseases, particularly fevers and inflammations, arose from their admitting blood. H was afraid of bleeding lest the blood should find a way from the veins to the arteries, and he dreaded purging because Pythagoras had forbidden it. He reduced his patients by abstinence or by violent exercise. Venesection he supplied by the use of . . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<