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Misery to mirth : recovery from illness in early modern England
The history of early modern medicine often makes for depressing reading. It implies that people fell ill, took ineffective remedies, and died. This book seeks to rebalance and brighten our overall picture of early modern health by focusing on the neglected subject of recovery from illness in England, c.1580–1720. Drawing on an array of archival and printed materials, Misery to Mirth shows tha…
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- 9780198779025
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- xiii ; 272p. : ill.
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- 610.942
Medicine – religion – spirituality : global perspectives on traditional, …
In modern societies the functional differentiation of medicine and religion is the predominant paradigm. Contemporary therapeutic practices and concepts in healing systems, such as Transpersonal Psychology, Ayurveda, as well as Buddhist and Anthroposophic medicine, however, are shaped by medical as well as religious or spiritual elements. This book investigates configurations of the entanglemen…
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- 9783839445822
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- 274 p.
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- Religionswissenschaft, 13
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- 201.661 MED m
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