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Health and Wellness in the 19th Century

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor Deborah Brunton , PhD, is senior lecturer in history of medicine at the Open University in Milton Keynes, Britain. She holds a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext Medicine in the 19th century may strike us as primitive by today's standards, but widespread social change of the era brought about new ideas and practices in health and healing-all described in this engaging book. Exploring the history of medicine in the 19th century around the world, this book showcases the wide range of medical ideas, practices, institutions, and patient experiences, revealing how the exchanges of ideas and therapies between different systems of medicine resulted in patients enjoying a surprising degree of choice. The author offers a unique perspective that provides an introduction to 19th-century medicine on a global stage and places the advancement of medicine within the context of wider historical changes. Chapters examine areas of dramatic change, such as the development of surgery, as well as the fundamental continuities in the use of traditional forms of supernatural healing, covering western, Chinese, unani, ayurvedic, and folk medicine-based understandings of the body and disease. Additionally, the book describes how the culture of medicine reflected and responded to the challenges posed by urbanization, industrialization, and global movement.

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Authors Deborah Brunton, Brunton Deborah
Publisher Greenwood Press
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation ages 7 to 17
Product format Hardback
Released 30.09.2013
 
EAN 9780313385117
ISBN 978-0-313-38511-7
No. of pages 253
Series Health and Wellness in Daily Life
Subjects Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918

HISTORY / Modern / General, HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century, History of Medicine

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