Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 3
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. INTRODUCTION 7
4. PART I: FACTORS WHICH RETARD THE DIFFUSION OF MEDICAL DISCOVERIES
5. CHAPTER I. FACTORS WHICH RETARD THE DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS 11
6. CHAPTER II. CONSERVATISM IN MEDICINE, A PERSPECTIVE 20
7. CHAPTER III. OPPOSITION TO DISSECTION 34
8. CHAPTER IV. OPPOSITION TO HARVEY'S THEORY OF THE CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD 44
9. CHAPTER V. RECEPTION OF AUENBRUGGER'S THEORY OF PERCUSSION 51
10. CHAPTER VI. THE OPPOSITION TO VACCINATION 53
11. CHAPTER VII. OPPOSITION TO HOLMES AND SEMMELWEIS 66
12. CHAPTER VIII. OPPOSITION TO PASTEUR AND HIS DISCOVERIES 71
13. CHAPTER IX. OPPOSITION TO THE DOCTRINE OF ANTISEPSIS 80
14. CHAPTER X. OPPOSITION TO ASEPSIS 90
15. CHAPTER XI. SUMMARY 93
16. PART II: THE NATURE OF MEDICAL PROGRESS
17. CHAPTER I. BIOGRAPHY IN MEDICAL HISTORY 97
18. CHAPTER II. THE DEPENDENCE OF A DISCOVERY UPON THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE 100
19. CHAPTER III. MULTIPLE DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE 108
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 128
21. INDEX 135