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028			_a: Donated by Prof. Ines. G. Zupanov & Jabin Thomas(IRGS)
082			_a610.94 FRE
100			_aFrench, Roger.
245			_aMedicine before science _c/ Roger French.
260			_aCambridge _b: C.U.P., _c, 2003.
300			_av, 289p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThis book offers an introduction to the history of university-trained physicians from the middle ages to the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. These were the elite, in reputation and rewards, and they were successful. Yet we can form little idea of their clinical effectiveness, and to modern eyes their theory and practice often seems bizarre. But the historical evidence is that they were judged on other criteria, and the argument of this book is that these physicians helped to construct the expectations of society - and met them accordingly. The main focus is on the European Latin tradition of medicine, reconstructed from ancient sources and relying heavily on natural philosophy for its explanatory power. This philosophy collapsed in the 'scientific revolution', and left the learned and rational doctor in crisis. The book concludes with an examination of how this crisis was met - or avoided - in different parts of Europe during the Enlightenment.
650			_aMedicine
650			_aHistory
650			_aMiddle ages to the Enlightenment
700			_aRoger French.
942			_cBOOK
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