Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle Ages compares and contrasts health-care practices in seven different cultures from around the world. In considering the range of medical practitioners in each society, and the kinds of health care they provided, it examines the…
This book offers an international historical perspective, which allows for greater comparative and critical understanding of how different cultural beliefs influenced the development and management of health care.
Health and Wellness in Antiquity through the Middle Ages compares and contrasts health-care practices in seven different cultures from around the world. In considering the range of medical practitioners in each society, and the kinds of health care they provided, it examines the…
"Hamlet's "mortal coil"--Which eventually and inevitably we "shuffle off" when we enter the sleep of death, as he puts it - has never been static. Indeed how the human body and its component parts have been understood, individually and collectively, has shifted across time, shap…
L'histoire de la médecine, activité longtemps réservée et consacrée aux seuls médecins, a connu depuis un demi-siècle de nombreuses mutations. Investis par les historiens, les philosophes et diverses sciences sociales, elle s'est progressivement développée sous la forme d'une hi…
"L'histoire de la médecine, activité longtemps réservée et consacrée aux seuls médecins, a connu depuis un demi-siècle de nombreuses mutations. Investie par les historiens, les philosophes et diverses sciences sociales, elle s'est progressivement développée sous la forme d'une h…
