Abstract
Medieval and ancient history tell us that in those periods of the world's history the practitioner of medicine covered up a vast amount of ignorance under the veil of secrecy and mysticism, in order that he might awe the superstitious and satisfy the incredulous. In those ages the alchemist sought the hidden things of nature, either from love of science or a desire to enrich himself by discovering a means of producing the precious metal. Those ages were followed by one of enlightenment, when rational medicine supplanted mysticism and the nobility of scientific attainment was wedded to philanthropic purposes. Physician, surgeon and chemist worked hand in hand, and surgery, materia medica and pharmacopœia teemed with the products of advanced thought, freely and voluntarily disseminated with no motive save the good of mankind in general, and the advancement of medical science in particular. In these days practitioners of medicine were for
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