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... became accepted clinical practice only around 1845 , nearly thirty years after the stethoscope was first used by Laënnec . As the doctor's interest shifted from the sick to sickness , the hospital became a museum of disease . The wards ...
... became accepted clinical practice only around 1845 , nearly thirty years after the stethoscope was first used by Laënnec . As the doctor's interest shifted from the sick to sickness , the hospital became a museum of disease . The wards ...
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... became the place where disease carriers were assembled , diseases were identified , and a census of diseases was kept . Medical perception of reality became hospital - based much earlier than medical practice . The specialized hospital ...
... became the place where disease carriers were assembled , diseases were identified , and a census of diseases was kept . Medical perception of reality became hospital - based much earlier than medical practice . The specialized hospital ...
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... became the symbol of a desirable end . A new myth about the social value of the old was developed . Primitive hunters , gatherers , and nomads had usually killed them , and peasants had put them into the back room , 40 but now the ...
... became the symbol of a desirable end . A new myth about the social value of the old was developed . Primitive hunters , gatherers , and nomads had usually killed them , and peasants had put them into the back room , 40 but now the ...
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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