The identity of all forms of ancient and primitive medicine -- Prehistoric phase -- Egyptian medicine -- Sumerian and Oriental medicine -- Greek medicine : before Hippocrates ; the classic period (460-136 B.C.) ; The Grµco-Roman period (156 B.C.-576 A.D.) -- The Byzantine period (476-732 A.D.) -- The Mohammedan and Jewish periods (732-1096 A.D.) -- The medieval period (1096-1438) -- The period of the Renaissance, the revival of learning, and the Reformation (1453--1600) -- The seventeenth century : the age of individual scientific endeavor -- The eighteenth century : the age of theories and systems -- The nineteenth century : the beginnings of organized advancement of science -- The twentieth century : the beginnings of organized preventative medicine -- Medicine in the World War and after.