London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View, credited to George Vivian Poore, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View by George Vivian Poore. Read in English by David Wales This little book is an expansion of two addresses delivered in January, 1889. One deals with sanitary issues in London. The other deals with medical issues, mainly through the lives and careers of physicians. Though ancients are included, the main emphasis is upon the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries. - Summary by Book Preface and David Wales

Recording facts

• Recording title: London (Ancient And Modern) From The Sanitary And Medical Point Of View
• Author credits: George Vivian Poore
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 4:18:23

Catalogue topics

• history
• London
• medicine
• physicians
• sanitation

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 1:38
2. 01 - Chapter 1 - London From The Sanitary Point Of View: Situation; Water Supply; Medieval London — 24:33
3. 02 - Ditto: Gardens And Pleasure Grounds — 27:32
4. 03 - Ditto: The London 'Death Rate'; Improved Conditions Of Modern London; What Is The Outlook?; Annual Death Rate Per 100,000 Living Children; The Loose Ends Of Our Sanitation — 38:58
5. 04 - Chapter 2 - London From The Medical Point Of View: Chaucer's Doctor; Earliest London Practitioners; The Severance Of Medicine And Surgery; The Earliest Medical Act — 21:13
6. 05 - Ditto: The College Of Physicians — 25:12
7. 06 - Ditto: The Plague — 29:30
8. 07 - Ditto: Secret Remedies; The Crusade Against Quackery; Medicine In The Days Of Pepys; The Barber Surgeons; The First Anatomy Lectures; The Apothecaries — 33:01
9. 08 - Ditto: The Royal Society; Gresham College; The Earliest Hospitals; The Royal Hospitals; Early Hospital Practice — 32:28
10. 09 - Ditto: The Pharmacopoeias; The Rise Of The Medical Schools; Hospitals Built By Public Benevolence; Modern Medical Schools And Examinations; London As A Place Of Study — 24:18

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