Author: Walter Pagel
Edition: 2 Revised
Publisher: S Karger Pub
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 380553518X
Paracelsus: An Introduction to Philosophical Medicine in the Era of the Renaissance
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Medical Book Paracelsus
.a work in the brilliant tradition of biographical research ...even the casual reader will be impressed to learn that, four centuries ago, the man who had the courage to burn in public the writings of Avicenna, recognised pulmonary disease in miners as an occupational hazard, cretinism and goitre as endemic in certain areas, and chorea and hysteria as manifestations of disease, not demonic possession". ("The Lancet").
