Jacalyn Duffin

Medical Saints

Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is an exploration of illness and healing experiences in contemporary society through the veneration of saints, primarily the twin doctors Saints Cosmas and Damian.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 169mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 510g
• ISBN-13: 9780199743179
• ISBN-10: 0199743177
• Artikelnr.: 36693317

Autorenporträt

Jacalyn Duffin, M.D. (Toronto 1974), FRCP(C) (1979), Ph.D. (Sorbonne 1985), is the Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston where she has taught in medicine, philosophy, history, and law for more than twenty years. A practicing hematologist and historian, she has served as President of both the American Association for the History of Medicine and the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine and is a member of the Royal Society of Canada. She is the author of seven books and many research articles, most recently Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing, 1588-1999.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Prologue
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Medical Miracle
Chapter Two: Doctor Twins: from Cyrrhus to Toronto
Chapter Three: Talking to Pilgrims in the New World
Chapter Four: Chasing Saints in the Old World
Chapter Five: Miracles, Medicine, and MEDLINE
Chapter Six: Conclusion: Home to the Clinic
Epilogue
Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index