Reason and Medicine: Art and Science of Healing from Antiquity to Modern Times
£16.95
Daya Ram Varma
Three Essays – Paperback
A fascinating book, full of rich insights into the history, science, political economy, cultural and social aspects of medicine. A people’s history of medicine and a refreshingly non-Eurocentric view of medical science.
Description
Contents:
1-Introduction;
2-Art and Science of Medicine;
3-Socio-political Determinants of Medical Science;
4-Age of Spiritual Medicine;
5-Empirical Medicine: Egypt;
6-Transition to Materialist Medicine: Ayurveda;
7- Chinese Medicine;
8-Age of Materialism: Greek Medicine;
9-Age of Stagnation of Medical Science;
10-Islamic Medicine;
11-Age of Witch Hunt;
12-Age of Allopathy and Homeopathy;
13-Therapeutics Since Antiquity;
14-Modern Medicine Comes of Age;
15-Medical Ethics and Medical Science;
16-The Sun Rises in the West;
17-Survival of the Fit and the Unfit Medicines.
Additional Information
| By | Daya Ram Varma |
|---|---|
| Published by | Three Essays Collective |
| ISBN | 9788188789832 |
| Format | Paperback |
