Thomas S Helling

The Healers

Physicians, Spiritualists, and Shamans in the Search for Holistic Health

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Produktbeschreibung

Celebrated surgeon and medical historian offers brief biographies of medical healers through the ages, from the ancient Greeks to the present day, illuminating various approaches to healing body and spirit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881803254
• Artikelnr.: 71991486

Autorenporträt

Thomas Helling, MD, is a tenured Professor of Surgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He is the author of several books, including Desperate Surgery in the Pacific War: Doctors, Damage Control, and America's Wounded 1941-1945 for which he was awarded the Harry D. Langley Book Prize by the Society for the History of Navy Medicine in 2019 and The Great War and the Birth of Modern Medicine. Helling currently resides in Madison, Mississippi and Lenexa, Kansas. Learn more about his publications at thomashelling.com.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One: How Do We Heal? Chapter Two: Between Gods and Men: The Asclepiads Chapter Three: Y

a the Nazarene and His Followers Chapter Four: Galen the Inquisitor Chapter Five: The Medievalists Chapter Six: Angelical Conjunctions Chapter Seven: He
áka Sápa, Lak
óta Healer Chapter Eight: Healing the Incurable: Damien of Moloka'I Chapter Nine: Aequanimitas: William Osler Chapter Ten: Temptresses, Sorcerers, and Scientists: Women as Healers Chapter Eleven: Alexis Carrel: A Search for Miracles Chapter Twelve: Humanism: The Bostonian Chapter Thirteen: A Certain Brutality: Healing and Cancer Chapter Fourteen: Sabina Spielrein: Healer of the Soul Chapter Fifteen: The Mysteries of Healing Notes Bibliography About the Author