SIGERIST, Henry Ernest (1891 – 1957)

1931

#6424

Einführing in die Medizin.

Traces the evolution of medicine from the stage of superstition and magic to the present time, and shows how our knowledge of the subject has developed through the study of anatomy and physiology. Translated in Englis…

1932

#6735

Grosse Ärzte: Eine Geschichte der Heilkunde in Lebensbildern.

A series of biographies of the great men in medical history. English translation, New York, 1933, reprinted 1972; second (German) edition, 1954.

1933

#6592

Amerika und die Medizin.

This is not a systematic history of American medicine, but an account of the most important landmarks in the development of medical science and teaching in the United States. An English translation, American Medicine,…

1937

#9832

Socialized medicine in the Soviet Union.

"... Sigerist was influential in the creation of socialized medicine in Canada. He made four trips to Canada in the 1930s and 1940s at the invitation of various medical groups to speak on this topic. Under his influen…

1943

#8762

Civilization and disease.

Study of the effect of disease on economics, law, religion and science.

1947

#6569

Medicine and health in the Soviet Union.

1951 –1961

#6448

A history of medicine. Vol. l - 2

1. Primitive and archaic medicine. 2. Early Greek, Hindu and Persian medicine.

1951

#9093

A translation of Galen's Hygiene (De santiate tuenda) by Robert Montraville Green, with an introduction by Henry E. Sigerist.

First translation into a modern language.