| Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe Contributor(s): Gijswit-Hofstra, Marijke (Editor), Marland, Hilary (Editor), de Waardt, Hans (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415135818 ISBN-13: 9780415135818 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 1997 Annotation: Despite the recent upsurge in interest in alternative medicine and unorthodox healers, i Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe /i is the first book to focus closely on the relationship between belief, culture, and healing in the past. In essays on France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain and England, from the sixteenth century to the present day, the contributors draw on a broad range of material, from studies of demonologists and reports of asylum doctors to church archives and oral evidence. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 610 |
| LCCN: 97205228 |
| Lexile Measure: 1590 |
| Series: Studies in the Social History of Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.13 lbs) 288 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Despite the recent upsurge in interest in alternative medicine and unorthodox healers, Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe is the first book to focus closely on the relationship between belief, culture, and healing in the past. In essays on France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, and England, from the sixteenth century to the present day, the authors draw on a broad range of material, from studies of demonologists and reports of asylum doctors, to church archives and oral evidence. |