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The Double Face of Janus and Other Essays in the History of Medicine
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by Owsei Temkin
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Cover Type: Paperback with 560 pages
Published by: The Johns Hopkins University PressEdition: 1st Edition September 29, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0801885477
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0801885471
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
Preeminent historian of medicine Owsei Temkin brought to his writing an awesome range of scholarship, for he was at home in the classical, the medieval, and the modern eras. The essays gathered in this volume deal with all the topics that Temkin considered most important in his work. They were widely commended for their originality, intelligent analysis, and impressive continuity of thought.
Temkin explores the history of basic medical sciences, of health and disease, and of surgery and drug therapy, as well as general questions concerning the historical and philosophical approach to medicine from antiquity to the early twentieth century. In a retrospective introduction which gives the book its name, Temkin relates his writings to his career as a scholar in Germany and the United States. He situates the writings against the background of the development of the study of medical history and provides recollections of such prominent figures as Karl Sudhoff, Henry E. Sigerist, William H. Welch, and Richard H. Shryock.
About The Author
Owsei Temkin, M.D. (1902--2002), was William H. Welch Professor of the History of Medicine and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University. His books include The Falling Sickness: A History of Epilepsy from the Greeks to the Beginnings of Modern Neurology, Soranus' Gynecology (translation), and Hippocrates in a World of Pagans and Christians.
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