Medicine in search of better answers -- Advancements in midwifery, anatomy, and surgery -- Changes in battlefield medicine -- Curtailing the spread of disease -- Learning from yellow fever -- Early American medical care -- Early thoughts on digestion and respiration -- The importance of public health.
Summary:
Discusses the concerns and advances in medicine that occurred during the Enlightenment, a time of significant progress in specific scientific fields.
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