The Healers - Physicians, Spiritualists, and Shamans in the Search for Holistic Health

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Thomas S. Helling

Product details

• Authors: Thomas S. Helling
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2025
• EAN: 9798881803254
• ISBN: 979-8-8818-0325-4
• Weight: 585 g
• Illustrations: 9 BW Photos
• Subjects: Guides > Spirituality > Esoterics; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Healing / General, MEDICAL / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, History of Medicine, Complementary therapies, healing & health, Biography: science, technology & medicine, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)