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A philosophical history of Western medicine / Michael Boylan.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Boylan, Michael, 1952- author.
Contributor:
EBSCOhost
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medicine--Western countries--History.
Medicine.
Medicine--Philosophy.
Philosophy, Medical.
Medical Subjects:
Philosophy, Medical.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxxvii, 295 pages) : illustrations
Place of Publication:
Cham : Springer, [2025]
Contents:
Introduction
PART ONE: THE ANCIENT WESTERN WORLD
1. "The Beginnings"
2. "The Hippocratic Contribution"
3. "Plato's Timaeus"
4. "Aristotle"
5. "Concluding with Galen"
PART TWO: The Medieval, Modern, and Contemporary Worlds
6. The New Paradigm: Changes leading up to the Seventeenth Century and Beyond
7. "Evolution, Germ Theory, and their Consequences"
8. "Nature Split: Big Nature and Little Nature"
9."Technology and Nature: A Marriage or a Divorce?"
Appendix: "Health as Self-Fulfilment"
Bibliography
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 19, 2025).
ISBN:
9783031978067
3031978064
Publisher Number:
90102529217
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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