The Popes and Science / The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time
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Chapters (46)
- The Popes and Science
- THE HISTORY OF THE PAPAL RELATIONS TO SCIENCE DURING THE MIDDLE AGES AND DOWN TO OUR OWN TIME
- PREFACE
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS.
- APPENDIX I.
- APPENDIX II.
- APPENDIX III.
- APPENDIX IV.
- APPENDIX V.
- APPENDIX VI.
- APPENDIX VII.
- APPENDIX VIII.
- APPENDIX IX.
- INDEX.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION.
- THE SUPPOSED PAPAL PROHIBITION OF DISSECTION.
- THE STORY OF ANATOMY DOWN TO THE RENAISSANCE.
- THE GOLDEN AGE OF ANATOMY VESALIUS.
- SUPPOSED PAPAL PROHIBITION OF CHEMISTRY.
- A PAPAL PATRON OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE.
- THE CHURCH AND SURGERY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES.
- PAPAL PHYSICIANS.
- THE POPES AND MEDICAL EDUCATION AND THE PAPAL MEDICAL SCHOOL.
- THE FOUNDATION OF CITY HOSPITALS.
- THE CHURCH AND THE EXPERIMENTAL METHOD.
- CHURCHMEN AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE AT THE MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITIES.
- THE MEDIEVAL UNIVERSITY MAN AND SCIENCE.
- THE CHURCH AND THE MENTALLY AFFLICTED.
- APPENDIX.
- I. OPPOSITION TO SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS.
- APPENDIX II.
- I.
- I.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- APPENDIX III. MEDIEVAL LAW FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE.
- APPENDIX IV. CHURCH DECREES RELATING TO MEDICINE.
- APPENDIX V. PAPAL PHYSICIANS.
- APPENDIX VI. ASTRONOMY AND THE CHURCH.
- APPENDIX VII. THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH AND SCIENCE.
- APPENDIX VIII. SCIENCE IN AMERICA.
- APPENDIX IX. THE DANGER OF A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE.
- INDEX
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