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Author: Miranda Brown
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2015-04-20
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 1107097053
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book investigates the myths that acupuncturists and herbalists have told about the birth of the healing arts. Moving from the Han and Song dynasties to the twentieth century, Brown traces the rich history of Chinese medical historiography and the emergence of the medical tradition archive.
Author: James P. Allen
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 1588391701
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiseases and injuries were major concerns for ancient Egyptians. This book, featuring some sixty-four objects from the Metropolitan Museum, discusses how both practical and magical medicine informed Egyptian art and for the first time reproduces and translates treatments described in the spectacular Edwin Smith Papyrus.
Author: Julie Anderson
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Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780226749365
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents over 2,000 years of medical illustrations, including paintings, artifacts, drawings, prints, and extracts from manuscripts and manuals.
Author: Mark Jackson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2011-08-25
Total Pages: 691
ISBN-13: 0199546495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explore medical developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and theme.
Author: John Chynoweth Burnham
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 0745632254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten as a key introductory textbook for students, this work explores the reasons behind the expansion of the field of the history of medicine and health.
Author: John Hudson Tiner
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Published: 1999-04-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1614581517
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom surgery to vaccines, man has made great strides in the field of medicine. Quality of life has improved dramatically in the last few decades alone, and the future is bright. But students must not forget that God provided humans with minds and resources to bring about these advances. A biblical perspective of healing and the use of medicine provides the best foundation for treating diseases and injury. In Exploring the World of Medicine, author John Hudson Tiner reveals the spectacular discoveries that started with men and women who used their abilities to better mankind and give glory to God. The fascinating history of medicine comes alive in this book, providing students with a healthy dose of facts, mini-biographies, and vintage illustrations. Includes chapter tests and index.
Author: Thomas Lindsley Bradford
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Lindsley Bradford
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Giorgio Bordin
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 1606060449
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFully illustrated with hundreds of artworks, this guide explores depictions of illness and healing in Western art.
Author: Irvine Loudon
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9780199248131
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollows the advance of western medicine from ancient Greece, through the contributions of the great Islamic physicians, to modern day miracles such as antibiotics, CAT scans and organ transplants. Highlighting the great medical discoveries, contributors cover such topics as the relationship in the Renaissance between medicine and art, the tension between the church and an increasingly secularized medical professional class, epidemics and the geography of disease, and changing attitudes towards childbirth, mental disease, and the doctor-patient relationship. c. Book News Inc.
