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Editore: Ashgate, Burlington, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
Da: Underground Books, ABAA, Carrollton, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". viii, 369pp. Mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in black paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Slight lean to spine. Occasional inked underlining to pages. Underlining does not obscure text. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: One of the key themes of the Enlightenment was the search for universal laws and truths that would help illuminate the workings of the universe. It is in such attitudes that we trace the origins of modern science and medicine. However, not all eighteenth century scientists and physicians believed that such universal laws could be found, particularly in relation to the differences between living and inanimate matter. From the 1740s physicians working in the University of Medicine of Montpellier began to contest Descartes's dualist concept of the body-machine that was being championed by leading Parisian medical 'mechanists'. In place of the body-machine perspective that sought laws universally valid for all phenomena, the vitalists postulated a distinction being living and other matter, offering a holistic understanding of the physical-moral relation in place of mind-body dualism. Their medicine was not based on mathematics and the unity of the sciences, but on observation of the individual patient and the harmonious activities of the 'body-economy'. Vitalists believed that Illness was a result of disharmony in this 'body-economy' which could only be remedied on an individual level depending on the patient's own 'natural' limitations. The limitations were established by a myriad of factors such as sex, class, age, temperament, region, and race, which negated the use of a single universal treatment for a particular ailment. Ultimately Montpelier medicine was eclipsed by that of Paris, a development linked to the dynamics of the Enlightenment as a movement bent on cultural centralisation, acquiring a reputation as a kind of anti-science of the exotic and the mad. Given the long-standing Paris-centrism of French cultural history, Montpellier vitalism has never been accorded the attention it deserves by historians. This study repairs that neglect.(Publisher).
Editore: Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Hardcover. Fine binding and cover. A few underlining marks in red pen. From the library of Dr. Gert H. Brieger. Dr. Brieger was the Chairman of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins.
Editore: Routledge 2003-01-02, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
Da: Chiron Media, Wallingford, Regno Unito
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Hardcover. Condizione: New.
Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
Da: THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Regno Unito
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Hardback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.
Editore: Ashgate Pub Ltd, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
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Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. new edition edition. 382 pages. 9.00x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
Editore: Taylor & Francis, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
Da: moluna, Greven, Germania
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Gebunden. Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Elizabeth A. WilliamsOne of the key themes of the Enlightenment was the search for universal laws and truths that would help illuminate the workings of the universe. It is in such attitudes that we trace the origins of modern science and medicine. How.
Editore: Routledge, 2003
ISBN 10: 0754608816ISBN 13: 9780754608813
Da: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Regno Unito
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Hardcover. Condizione: Like New. Like New. book.