Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> History

The volume analyzes the natural philosophical accounts and debates concerning the vegetative powers, namely nutrition, growth, and reproduction. While principally focusing on the early modern approaches to the lower functions of the soul, readers will discover the roots of these approaches back to the Ancient times, as the volume highlights the role of three strands that help shape the study of life in the Medieval and early modern natural philosophies. From late antiquity to the early modern period, the vegetative soul and its cognate concepts have played a substantial role in specifying...

Gestützt auf Tausende von Seiten mit privaten handschriftlichen Aufzeichnungen aus ärztlicher Feder, schildert dieses Buch die theoretische, anatomische und praktische Ausbildung und das gelehrte Selbstverständnis der Renaissance-Ärzte. Es erläutert die uns heute fremd gewordenen, damals aber weithin akzeptierten Vorstellungen von der Natur, Entstehung, Diagnose und Behandlung der wichtigsten, damals verbreitet diagnostizierten Krankheiten und skizziert die Bedeutung neuer Wissensfelder wie der Anatomie und der Frauenheilkunde. Es untersucht die Arzt-Patienten-Beziehung, die...

This book offers an overview of Chinese medicine terminology translation, defining the central concepts in Chinese traditional medicine, providing simplified Chinese characters, Mandarin Pronunciation in pinyin, citations for 110 of the most key concepts in traditional Chinese medicine and culture. Covering definitions of terms relating to visceral manifestation, meridians, etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment principles in traditional medicine, it offers a selection of English versions of each term in addition to a standard of English version, drawing on the translation history of...

This is the first volume to take a broad historical sweep of the close relation between medicines and poisons in the Western tradition, and their interconnectedness. They are like two ends of a spectrum, for the same natural material can be medicine or poison, depending on the dose, and poisons can be transformed into medicines, while medicines can turn out to be poisons. The book looks at important moments in the history of the relationship between poisons and medicines in European history, from Roman times, with the Greek physician Galen, through the Renaissance and the maverick...