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This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the

This edited volume explores the intersection of medicine and philosophy throughout history, calling attention to the role of quantification in understanding the

Prior to the nineteenth century, the practice of medicine in the Western world was as much art as science. But, argues W. F. Bynum, 'modern' medicine as practic

This book provides a comprehensive description of what being sick and receiving "medical care" was like in 19th-century America, allowing modern readers to trul

This book draws upon an extensive literature to document sickness and wellness in environments like rural homesteads, urban East-coast slums, and the hastily bu