Medicine & Disease

ISBN: 9789077922767
Published by : Barkhuis
Series: eJIM Supplements
Volume: 3
This study on the genesis and evolution of a cluster of disorders (called sitapitta, i.e, urticaria and syndromes resembling it) and their treatment in Indian medical literature from early times to the present day is the first of its kind.It deals... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515096812
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 36
English summary: Men now live shorter lives, while women are the sicker sex. Focusing on this gender paradox, Susanne Hoffmann compares health and illness behavior of men and women who lived in the 20th Century. Making use of 155 unpublishe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515097727
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 37
English summary: Who gets treated by a homeopath? Are there more men or women? Are they rich or poor?
Why did the sick go to the homeopath? What illness were they suffering from? And what was the treatment? This book offers answers on t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515093187
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Geschichte und Philosophie der Medizin. History and Philosophy of Medicine

Volume: 9
Health is a value-laden concept. The state of being that it designates is a fundamental human goal. As a value, the concept is normative, governing both clinical practice and the therapeutic treatment developed by medical research. Additionall... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782600014229
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: BIBLIOTHèQUE DES LUMIèRES
Volume: 76
The Patient was an active figure in the Eighteenth century medical marketplace. Body perceptions and medical decisions were heavily influenced by lay medical culture and discussions with practitioners of all sorts, but also through social inter... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515097147
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Ars morienda nova
Volume: 1
English summary: Medicine is not only a technique or skill for obtaining or restoring health in the face of illness and death; it strives to be a component of life that has learned to deal with the inevitability of suffering and death. As <... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783515096409
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Medizin, Gesellschaft und Geschichte - Beihefte (MEDGG-B)
Volume: 34
English summary: Why did all Russian tsars of the 18th Century put considerable effort into poaching doctors from Western European universities in order to set up appropriate medical training in their own country? Certainly foreign know... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782600012638
Published by : Librairie Droz S.A.
Series: CAHIERS D'HUMANISME ET RENAISSANCE
Volume: 89
English summary: Latin was the language of choice for medical treatises until the seventeenth century, when some doctors broke with this social and cultural tradition and began adopting local vernaculars. This lively study examines the ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805340588
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
English summary: This volume invites the reader to investigate a fascinating aspect of Ancient life.


Humanity's drive to explain and heal illnesses created concepts of health that today might seem weird, but in some cases als... .... Learn More