Medicine and Western Civilization

by David J. Rothman

Book Overview

This fabulous anthology is sure to be a core text for history of medicine and social science classes in colleges across the country. In order to demonstrate how medical research has influenced Western cultural perspectives, the editors have collected original works from 61 different authors around nine major themes (among them "Anatomy and Destiny," "Psyche and Soma," and "The Construction of Pain, Suffering, and Death"). The authors range from Aristotle,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813521904
• ISBN13: 9780813521909
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"