Dieses Buch bietet nicht nur einen guten Einstieg für Laien, sondern ist auch ein Nachschlagewerk für Praktiker der chinesischen Medizin. Damit ist es eines der wenigen Bücher, die in den Küchen wie im Bibliotheksregal gleichermaßen gut platziert sind. Das alte Ideal der "Nahrun…
"Argues that developments in biomedicine in China should be at the center of our understanding of biomedicine, not at the periphery"--
Through close analysis of texts, cultural and civic communities, and intellectual history, the papers in this collection propose a dynamic, kinetic relationship between rhetoric and medicine as discourses and disciplines of cure in early modern Europe.
From the publisher: This book is a collection of new and controversial views on pain, its accessibility to understanding and its influence on knowledge. Despite contrary assumptions, the volume argues for the possibility to externalise and communicate pain through language, narr…
Era 1 : Pre-19th century -- Era 2 : 19th century -- Era 3 : 20th century to World War II -- Era 4 : World War II -- Era 5 : Cold War -- Era 6 : Post-cold War to the present
"Intended for students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia covers the history of human medical experimentation, for better and worse, from the time of Hippocrates to the present. Offers readers a broad understanding of human experimentation. Reviews experimentation from…