Isbn: 9788188789832 - Reason and Medicine: Art and Science of Healing from Antiquity to Modern Times (5 results)

Condition: New. pp. x + 354.

Condition: New. pp. x + 354 Index 1st Edition.

Condition: New. pp. x + 354.

Soft cover. Condition: New. ISBN:9788188789832,354pp.

Soft cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. The Art and Science of Medicine. 3. Socio-Political Determinants of Medical Science. 4. The Age of Spiritual Medicine. 5. Empirical Medicine: Egypt. 6. The Transition to Materialist Medicine: Ayurveda. 7. The Transition to Materialist Medicine: Chinese Medicine. 8. The Age of Materialism: Greek Medicine. 9. The Age of Stagnation of Medical Science. 10. Islamic Medicine. 11. The Age of Witch Hunt. 12. The Age of Allopathy [overdosing] 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. Appendix. Subject Index. There is no such thing as Chinese, Hindu, Islamic or European physics or chemistry. Why then are there distinct schools of medicine (Ayurvedic, Chinese, Unani, Homeopathic, etc.)? What has been the role of witchcraft in the history of healing? What has been the contribution of women in healing and medicine in antiquity and in the modern world? Why has the materialist outlook been so important for the development of modern medicine? Why do other schools of medicine survive in the modern age? Is ancient Greek medicine the only heritage of modern medicine? What have been the Islamic contributions to science and medicine? What has been the political economy of medicine under capitalism? How did the development of capitalism lead to advances in medicine and health care? Why does medical research today pay great attention to diseases of the rich and of the developed countries than to diseases that affect the majority in developing countries? What is the role of pharmaceutical giants in making health care inaccessible? Why is the expansion of a universal public health care system so important? What constitutes medical ethics? The reader will find answers to these and many other questions in a language that is lucid and friendly. …