Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health |
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Page 111
... turned over to the medical profession . After the Congress of Vienna , hospitals proliferated and medical schools boomed . So did the discovery of diseases . Illness was still pri- marily non - technical . In 1770 , general practice ...
... turned over to the medical profession . After the Congress of Vienna , hospitals proliferated and medical schools boomed . So did the discovery of diseases . Illness was still pri- marily non - technical . In 1770 , general practice ...
Page 112
... turned the human body into a clockwork and placed a new distance , not only between soul and body , but also between the patient's complaint and the physician's eye . Within this mechanized framework , pain turned into a red light and ...
... turned the human body into a clockwork and placed a new distance , not only between soul and body , but also between the patient's complaint and the physician's eye . Within this mechanized framework , pain turned into a red light and ...
Page 154
... turned the hero into an immortal reminder of inescapable cosmic retaliation . The social nature of Nemesis has now changed . With the industrialization of desire and the engineering of ritual responses hubris has spread . Unbounded ...
... turned the hero into an immortal reminder of inescapable cosmic retaliation . The social nature of Nemesis has now changed . With the industrialization of desire and the engineering of ritual responses hubris has spread . Unbounded ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
Copyright | |
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