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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Annals of Medical History
Author: Pacific Record of Medicine and Surgery
Author: Medical Symbolism in Connection With Historical Studies in the Arts of Healing and Hygiene
Author: Thomas S SozinskeyPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022719125
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For centuries, doctors have used a variety of symbols and metaphors to communicate complex medical concepts to their patients. In this intriguing volume, Dr. Sozinskey explores the history and meaning behind these symbols and reveals the fascinating connections between medicine, art, and culture. With its engaging prose and richly-illustrated pages, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of medicine and the humanities. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES - Volume XIV
Author: Osmo Otto Paivio Hanninen; Mustafa Atalay; B.P. Mansourian; A. Wojtezak; S.M. Mahfouz; Harry Majewski; Elaine Elisabetsky; Nina L. Etkin; Ralph Kirby; T.G. Downing and M.I. El GoharyPublisher: EOLSS Publications
ISBN: 1848263937
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Medical and Health Sciences is a component of Encyclopedia of Biological, Physiological and Health Sciences in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. These volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, applications and extensive illustrations. It carries state-of-the-art knowledge in the fields of Medical and Health Sciences and is aimed, by virtue of the several applications, at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students, Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers and NGOs.
Books in Series, 1876-1949: Authors
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 878
Book Description
Medical and Health Care Books and Serials in Print
Author: Chinese Medicine and Healing
Author: TJ HinrichsPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674047370
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 477
Book Description
In covering the subject of Chinese medicine, this book addresses topics such as oracle bones, the treatment of women, fertility and childbirth, nutrition, acupuncture, and Qi as well as examining Chinese medicine as practiced globally in places such as Africa, Australia, Vietnam, Korea, and the United States.
The Art and Science of Healing Since Antiquity
Author: Daya Ram VarmaPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1456842129
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Human-Earth Expressions on Integrative Health and Our Environment
Author: Shelley R. Noble-LetortPublisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527569438
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
A lost art and science of medicine, which may have begun evolving out of the cave more than 10,000 years ago, is resurfacing and reforming into a new map of medicine that is transforming contemporary patient care. This book unearths and transfigures human-earth expressions of healing through the exploration of metaphorical and symbolic images of caves revealed as recurrent symbols for mental states and physical environments. These “caves of healing” are introduced as the caves of the human body—caverns of heart and brain, and the caves of the earth body—caverns within, below and above the earth, which expand across cultures ancient and modern, shamanic and alchemical, initiatory and technological, intuitive and inventive, and imaginal and scientific. A mythological map is unfolded for navigating the relationship between the mind and the body, and healthcare and our environment, which invites a deeper, more integrative dialogue into much-needed philosophical, ethical and political discussions. The idea that the force of health is a force of Nature that becomes a fulcrum for healing is clarified here as a possibility for a “new medicine for the 21st century” called Integrative Health, which advances not only ancient and modern technologies, but also education, policy, research and clinical care by promoting the empowerment of personal responsibility, prevention of disease, continuity of care, and compassionate engagement between patients and healthcare practitioners. This new medicine facilitates a balanced circular ecosystem between illness and wellness, patients and healers, community and society, human and earth that revives and promotes the role of consciousness.
Medicine and Magic in Elizabethan London
Author: Lauren KassellPublisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191514225
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Simon Forman (1552-1611) is one of London's most infamous astrologers. He stood apart from the medical elite because he was not formally educated and because he represented, and boldly asserted, medical ideas that were antithetical to those held by most learned physicians. He survived the plague, was consulted thousands of times a year for medical and other questions, distilled strong waters made from beer, herbs, and sometimes chemical ingredients, pursued the philosopher's stone in experiments and ancient texts, and when he was fortunate spoke with angels. He wrote compulsively, documenting his life and protesting his expertise in thousands of pages of notes and treatises. This highly readable book provides the first full account of Forman's papers, makes sense of his notorious reputation, and vividly recovers the world of medicine and magic in Elizabethan London.