Health and Wellness in the 19th Century
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Health and Wellness in the 19th Century

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Health and Wellness in the 19th Century

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Medicine in the 19th century may strike us as primitive by today's standards, but widespread social change of the era brought about new ideas and practices in health and healing—all described in this engaging book. Exploring the history of medicine in the 19th century around the world, this book showcases the wide range of medical ideas, practices, institutions, and patient experiences, revealing how the exchanges of ideas and therapies between different systems of medicine resulted in patients enjoying a surprising degree of choice. The author offers a unique perspective that provides an introduction to 19th-century medicine on a global stage and places the advancement of medicine within the context of wider historical changes. Chapters examine areas of dramatic change, such as the development of surgery, as well as the fundamental continuities in the use of traditional forms of supernatural healing, covering western, Chinese, unani, ayurvedic, and folk medicine-based understandings of the body and disease. Additionally, the book describes how the culture of medicine reflected and responded to the challenges posed by urbanization, industrialization, and global movement.

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Publisher
Greenwood
Year
2013
ISBN
9780313385124
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
19th Century History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Series Foreword
  4. 1. Factors in Health and Wellness
  5. 2. Education and Training: Learned and Non-Learned
  6. 3. Religion and Medicine
  7. 4. Women’s Health and Medicine
  8. 5. Infants and Children’s Health
  9. 6. Infectious Diseases
  10. 7. Occupational and Environmental Hazards
  11. 8. Surgery, Dentistry, Orthopedics
  12. 9. The Brain and Mental Disorders
  13. 10. Apothecaries, Pharmacists, and Pharmacopeias
  14. 11. War and Medicine
  15. 12. Institutions
  16. 13. Disease, Healing, and the Arts
  17. Glossary
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index