Medicine and Religion in Enlightenment Europe
Author | : Ole Peter Grell |
Publisher | : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2007 |
ISBN-10 | : 0754656381 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780754656388 |
Rating | : 4/5 (388 Downloads) |
Download or read book Medicine and Religion in Enlightenment Europe written by Ole Peter Grell and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the relationship between medicine and religion during the Enlightenment Period, here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789. It looks at this multi-faceted relationship with respect to among others: medical care and death in hospitals, religious vocation and nursing, chemical medicine and religion, the clergy and medicine, the continued significance of popular medicine, faith healing, dissection and religion, and religious dissent and medical innovation. Within these significant areas the volume provides a European perspective which will make it possible to draw comparisons and determine differences.