June 1899 Issue [Article] The century’s progress in scientific medicine Download PDF Adjust Share by Henry Smith Williams, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 19th century Anesthesiology Biography Crawford Williamson Long Diagnosis France History Insects as carriers of disease Jean Nicolas, baron Corvisart des Marets Joseph, Baron Lister Louis Pasteur Medical innovations Medical scientists Medicine Microbiology Percussion Pictorial works R. T. H. (René Théophile Hyacinthe) Laennec Research Rudolf Ludwig Karl Virchow Scabies Stethoscopes Theodor Schwann William J. (William James) Morton More from Henry Smith Williams Exploring the atom The struggle for immunity Some Greek anticipations of modern science Adjust Share