Jacalyn Duffin

Medical Saints: Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World

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This book is an exploration of illness and healing experiences in contemporary society through the veneration of saints, primarily the twin doctors Saints Cosmas and Damian.

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-19-974317-9
EAN: 9780199743179
Produktnummer: 22183816
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
Seitenangabe: 256 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B15.7 cm x D2.3 cm 476 g
Gewicht: 476

Über den Autor

Jacalyn Duffin, M.D. (Toronto 1974), FRCP(C) (1979), Ph.D. (Sorbonne 1985), is the Hannah Chair of the History of Medicine at Queen's University in Kingston where she has taught in medicine, philosophy, history, and law for more than twenty years. A practicing hematologist and historian, she has served as President of both the American Association for the History of Medicine and the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine and is a member of the Royal Society ofCanada. She is the author of seven books and many research articles, most recently Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing, 1588-1999.