1878-1899: Science and Medicine
1878-1899: Chapter Ten: Science and Medicine
by THOMAS GLICK
CONTENTS
CHRONOLOGY 356
OVERVIEW 361
TOPICS IN THE NEWS 362
Bell and the Telephone 362
The Coast and Geodetic Survey 363
Electricity and the Electric Light 364
Exploration of the West: The Geological Surveys 365
The Germ Theory 367
The Germ Theory and Patent Medicine 368
The Cope-Marsh Polemic 368
The Great Fossil War 368
Marine Biology 369
The End of Science 371
The Michelson-Morley Experiment 371
Physiology German Style 372
An American Physiologist in Germany 373
Public Health 374
Reforming Psychiatry 375
White on Science, Religion, and the University Curriculum. 376
The “War” of Science and Theology 376
HEADLINE MAKERS 377
William James 377
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 378
PUBLICATIONS 379
Sidebars and tables are listed in italics.
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