The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine, credited to Francis Rolt-Wheeler, 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 The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. Read in English by LibriVox volunteers. 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

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 7: Anthropology & Medicine
• Author credits: Francis Rolt-Wheeler
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 9:38:38

Catalogue topics

• non-fiction
• science
• medicine
• anthropology

Track guide

1. 00 - Introduction — 14:55
2. 01 - Man's Place in Nature — 33:36
3. 02 - Anthropometry — 19:57
4. 03 - The Unity and Variety of Man — 32:32
5. 04 - The Racial Divisions of Man — 25:06
6. 05 - Prehistoric Archeology — 31:11
7. 06 - The Development of Culture — 27:45
8. 07 - The Ancients — 47:53
9. 08 - The Greeks — 41:25
10. 09 - The Romans — 24:01
11. 10 - Byzantine and Arabian Schools — 30:48
12. 11 - The Close of Medievalism — 30:04
13. 12 - The Century of Schools, Part 1 — 24:26
14. 13 - The Century of Schools, Part 2 — 26:02
15. 14 - The Period of Systematization — 38:03
16. 15 - The Contributions of the Practitioner — 36:22
17. 16 - Nineteenth-century Theories — 23:10
18. 17 - Modern Treatment of Disease — 22:24
19. 18 - Modern Physiology, Part 1 — 21:57
20. 19 - Modern Physiology, Part 2 — 27:01

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