Medicine Society And Faith In The Ancient And Medieval Worlds
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Author |
: Darrel W. Amundsen |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 416 |
Release |
: 1996 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015040594700 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (00 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds by : Darrel W. Amundsen
In Medicine, Society, and Faith in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds Darrel Amundsen explores the disputed boundaries of medicine and Christianity by focusing on the principle of the sanctity of human life, including the duty to treat or attempt to sustain the life of the ill. As he examines his themes and moves from text to context, Amundsen clarifies a number of Christian principles in relation to bioethical issues that are hotly debated today. In his examination of the moral stance of the earliest syphilographers, for example, he finds insights into the ethical issues surrounding the treatment of AIDS, which he believes has its closest historical antecedent not in plague but in syphilis. He also shows that the belief that all healing comes from God, whether directly, through prayer, or through the use of medicine -- a sentiment commonly held by contemporary Christians -- cannot be accurately attributed to any extant source from the patristic period. Indeed, all the Church Fathers were convinced that healing sometimes came from evil sources: Satan and his demons were able to heal, for example, and Asclepius was a demon "to be taken very seriously indeed."
Author |
: Faith Wallis |
Publisher |
: University of Toronto Press |
Total Pages |
: 594 |
Release |
: 2019-02-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442604230 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1442604239 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medieval Medicine by : Faith Wallis
Medical knowledge and practice changed profoundly during the medieval period. In this collection of over 100 primary sources, many translated for the first time, Faith Wallis reveals the dynamic world of medicine in the Middle Ages that has been largely unavailable to students and scholars. The reader includes 21 illustrations and a glossary of medical terms.
Author |
: Mary Lindemann |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 315 |
Release |
: 2010-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780521425926 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0521425921 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicine and Society in Early Modern Europe by : Mary Lindemann
A concise and accessible introduction to health and healing in Europe from 1500 to 1800.
Author |
: Richard A. Gabriel |
Publisher |
: Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 277 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781597978484 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1597978485 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Man and Wound in the Ancient World by : Richard A. Gabriel
Examines the fascinating role of medicine in ancient military cultures; Shows how the ancients understood the body, patched up their warriors, and sent them back into battle; Reveals medical secrets lost during the Dark Ages; Explores how ancient civilizations' technologies have influenced modern medical practices
Author |
: Joseph Ziegler |
Publisher |
: Clarendon Press |
Total Pages |
: 352 |
Release |
: 1998-07-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780191542725 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0191542725 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (25 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicine and Religion c.1300 by : Joseph Ziegler
This book takes a fresh look at the cultural role of medicine among learned people around 1300. It was at this time that learned medicine came to be fully incorporated into the academic system and began to win greater social acceptance. Joseph Ziegler argues that physicians and clerics did not confine the role of medicine to its physical therapeutic function, and that fusion rather than disjunction characterized the relationship between medicine and religion at that time. Much of this argument relies on language analysis and on a close study of unedited manuscript sources. By juxtaposing the spiritual writings and the medical output of two learned physicians — Arnau de Vilanova (c. 1238-1311) and Galvano da Levanto (fl. 1300) — Dr Ziegler shows that they saw a medical purpose, namely to ensure the spiritual health of their audience and to reveal the mysteries of God and creation. When entering the spiritual realm, both brought to it a medical framework and extended their medical knowledge and curative activities from body to soul. By examining preachers' manuals and sermons, the author suggests that a growing tendency emerged among clerics in general and preachers in particular to appropriate current medical knowledge for spiritual purposes and to substantiate their extensive use of medical metaphors, analogies and exempla by citing specific medical authorities.
Author |
: Paul J. Carrick |
Publisher |
: Georgetown University Press |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2001-04-30 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1589018613 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781589018617 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (13 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medical Ethics in the Ancient World by : Paul J. Carrick
In this book Paul Carrick charts the ancient Greek and Roman foundations of Western medical ethics. Surveying 1500 years of pre-Christian medical moral history, Carrick applies insights from ancient medical ethics to developments in contemporary medicine such as advance directives, gene therapy, physician-assisted suicide, abortion, and surrogate motherhood. He discusses such timeless issues as the social status of the physician; attitudes toward dying and death; and the relationship of medicine to philosophy, religion, and popular morality. Opinions of a wide range of ancient thinkers are consulted, including physicians, poets, philosophers, and patients. He also explores the puzzling question of Hippocrates' identity, analyzing not only the Hippocratic Oath but also the Father of Medicine's lesser-known works. Complete with chapter discussion questions, illustrations, a map, and appendices of ethical codes, Medical Ethics in the Ancient World will be useful in courses on the medical humanities, ancient philosophy, bioethics, comparative cultures, and the history of medicine. Accessible to both professionals and to those with little background in medical philosophy or ancient science, Carrick's book demonstrates that in the ancient world, as in our own postmodern age, physicians, philosophers, and patients embraced a diverse array of perspectives on the most fundamental questions of life and death.
Author |
: Gary B. Ferngren |
Publisher |
: JHU Press |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2014-03-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781421412177 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1421412179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Medicine and Religion by : Gary B. Ferngren
Explores the interplay of medicine and religion in Western societies. Medicine and Religion is the first book to comprehensively examine the relationship between medicine and religion in the Western tradition from ancient times to the modern era. Beginning with the earliest attempts to heal the body and account for the meaning of illness in the ancient Near East, historian Gary B. Ferngren describes how the polytheistic religions of ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome and the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have complemented medicine in the ancient, medieval, and modern periods. Ferngren paints a broad and detailed portrait of how humans throughout the ages have drawn on specific values of diverse religious traditions in caring for the body. Religious perspectives have informed both the treatment of disease and the provision of health care. And, while tensions have sometimes existed, relations between medicine and religion have often been cooperative and mutually beneficial. Religious beliefs provided a framework for explaining disease and suffering that was larger than medicine alone could offer. These beliefs furnished a theological basis for a compassionate care of the sick that led to the creation of the hospital and a long tradition of charitable medicine. Praise for Medicine and Health Care in Early Christianity, by Gary B. Ferngren "This fine work looks forward as well as backward; it invites fuller reflection of the many senses in which medicine and religion intersect and merits wide readership."—JAMA "An important book, for students of Christian theology who understand health and healing to be topics of theological interest, and for health care practitioners who seek a historical perspective on the development of the ethos of their vocation."—Journal of Religion and Health
Author |
: Edwin M. Yamauchi |
Publisher |
: Hendrickson Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 45 |
Release |
: 2022-05-17 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781619709195 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1619709198 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical & Post-Biblical Antiquity: Infanticide & Exposure by : Edwin M. Yamauchi
This unique reference article, excerpted from the larger work (Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity), provides background cultural and technical information on the world of the Hebrew Bible and New Testament from 2000 BC to approximately AD 600. Written and edited by a world-class historian and a highly respected biblical scholar, each article addresses cultural, technical, and/or sociological issues of interest to the study of the Scriptures. Contains a high level of scholarship. Information and concepts are explained in detail and are accompanied by bibliographic material for further exploration. Useful for scholars, pastors, teachers, and students—for biblical study, exegesis, or sermon preparation. Possible areas covered include details of domestic life, technology, culture, laws, or religious practices. Each article ranges from 5 to 20 pages in length. For the complete contents of Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity, see ISBN 9781619708617 (4-volume set) or ISBN 9781619701458 (complete in one volume).
Author |
: Naama Cohen-Hanegbi |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 250 |
Release |
: 2017-05-08 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004344662 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004344667 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Caring for the Living Soul by : Naama Cohen-Hanegbi
Caring for the Living Soul identifies the fundamental role emotions played in the development of learned medicine and in the formation of the social role of the "physicians of the body" in the western Mediterranean between 1200 and 1500. The book explores theoretical debates and practical advice concerning the treatment of the "accidentia anime" in diverse medical sources. Contextualizing this literature within the developments in natural philosophy and pastoral theology during the period, and alongside local and social contexts of medical practice, emotions are revealed to have been a malleable topic through which change and innovation in the field of medicine transpired. Bringing together a wide range of untapped sources and creating connections between emotions, religious authorities, and medical practitioners, this study sheds light on the centrality of the discourses of emotions to the formation of the social fabric.
Author |
: Irina Metzler |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 535 |
Release |
: 2006-06-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134217380 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134217382 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Synopsis Disability in Medieval Europe by : Irina Metzler
This impressive volume presents a thorough examination of all aspects of physical impairment and disability in medieval Europe. Examining a popular era that is of great interest to many historians and researchers, Irene Metzler presents a theoretical framework of disability and explores key areas such as: medieval theoretical concepts theology and natural philosophy notions of the physical body medical theory and practice. Bringing into play the modern day implications of medieval thought on the issue, this is a fascinating and informative addition to the research studies of medieval history, history of medicine and disability studies scholars the English-speaking world over.