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Volume II details the development of medicine among the early
Indo-European peoples--Greeks, Indians, and Persians. The
Indo-Europeans were the first to use empirical knowledge to develop
philosophical systems of medicine which looked beyond the sick man
for universal laws. This volume examines the Greek rational systems
which are the foundations of modern science, and the similar Near
Eastern approaches, which had an additional mystic component better
suited for handling mental and spiritual problems.
Originally published in 1943, Civilization and Disease was based on
a series of lectures that the medical historian Henry E. Sigerist
delivered at Cornell University in 1940. Now back in print, the
book is a wide-ranging account of the importance of social factors
on health and illness and the impact that disease has had on
societies throughout human history. Despite considerable advances
in both medicine and historiography, Civilization and Disease
remains a landmark work in the history of medicine and a
fascinating look at, first, civilization as a factor in the genesis
and spread of disease, and second, the effects of disease on such
aspects of civilization as economics, social life, law, philosophy,
religion, science, and the arts. In a new foreword written for this
edition, Elizabeth Fee outlines Sigerist's life, works, and legacy
as a historian, a teacher, and an advocate for universal health
care, hailing Civilization and Disease as "an excellent
introduction to Sigerist's work."
Contributing Authors Include John Rathbone Oliver, Owsei Temkin,
John F. Fulton And Others.
Additional Contributing Authors Include John Rathbone Oliver And
Owsei Temkin.
This is a new release of the original 1946 edition.
Additional Contributing Authors Include Owsei Temkin, E. J. Haines,
Howard W. Jones, Dorothy Cross, Katherine Knox, James Haviland, G.
E. Seegar, Helen C. Brooke, Edward F. Lewison, And Ward Briggs.
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