Author: Bynum, W. F. (William F.) ; & Nutton, Vivian ; editors:
Title: Essays in the History of Therapeutics [ Clio Medica, Volume 22 ]
Description: Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1991. orig.wrappers. 24x16cm, 146 pp. Textual graphs & tables.. Spine sloped. Some inked underlining & marginal notes. Good. ¶ Contains 7 papers. Includes: Guenter B. Risse "The History of Therapeutics"; Vivian Nutton "From Medical Certainty to Medical Amulets: Three Aspects of Ancient Therapeutics"; Luis Garcia-Ballester "Dietetic & Pharmacological Therapy: A Dilemma among 14th-Century Jewish Practitioners in the Montpellier Area"; Christa Habrich "Characteristic Features of 18th-Century Therapeutics in Germany"; Renate Wittern "The Origins of Homeopathy in Germany"; John Harley Warner "Science, Healing & the Physician's Identity: A Problem of Professional Character in 19th-Century America"; Ulrich Tröhkler "To Operate or Not to Operate? Scientific & Extraneous Factors in Therapeutical Controversies within the Swiss Society of Surgery, 1913-1988".

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