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Informationen zum Autor Todd Meyers is Associate Professor of Social Studies in Medicine at McGill University, Canada. Klappentext A Cultural History of Medicine presents anauthoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumescovers over 2500 years of history, charting the changes in medical experience,knowledge and practices throughout history. This volume, ACultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age , explores medicine as acultural practice from 1920 to the present day. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Medicine set, this volume presents essays on the environment, food, war, animals, objects,experiences, authority and the mind. A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age is the most authoritative andcomprehensive survey available on medicine in the modern period. Vorwort Athematic overview of the cultural history of medicine from 1920 to the present day. Zusammenfassung A Cultural History of Medicine presents anauthoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumescovers over 2500 years of history, charting the changes in medical experience,knowledge and practices throughout history. This volume, ACultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age , explores medicine as acultural practice from 1920 to the present day. As with all the volumes in the illustrated Cultural History of Medicine set, this volume presents essays on the environment, food, war, animals, objects,experiences, authority and the mind. A Cultural History of Medicine in the Modern Age is the most authoritative andcomprehensive survey available on medicine in the modern period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Definitionand understandings 1. Environment 2. Food 3. War 4. Animals 5. Objects 6. Experiences 7. Mind/Brain 8. Authority Notes Bibliography Index ...
