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... 19th century literary motif . ( A. V. CHAMISSO . Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte , 1814. ) A demoniacal doctor can deprive man of his mirror image ( E. T. A. HOFFMAN , 1815. Die Geschichte vom verlorenen Spiegelbild in : Die ...
... 19th century literary motif . ( A. V. CHAMISSO . Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte , 1814. ) A demoniacal doctor can deprive man of his mirror image ( E. T. A. HOFFMAN , 1815. Die Geschichte vom verlorenen Spiegelbild in : Die ...
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... 19th century had become a place for diagnosis , now turned into a place for teaching . Soon it would become a laboratory for experimenting with treatments , and towards the turn of the century a place for healing . 187 By now the ...
... 19th century had become a place for diagnosis , now turned into a place for teaching . Soon it would become a laboratory for experimenting with treatments , and towards the turn of the century a place for healing . 187 By now the ...
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... 19th century a much more serious competition for the town doctor still came from the medical tech- nicians of old - the midwife , the tooth - puller , the veterinarian , the barber and sometimes the public nurse . Notwithstanding the ...
... 19th century a much more serious competition for the town doctor still came from the medical tech- nicians of old - the midwife , the tooth - puller , the veterinarian , the barber and sometimes the public nurse . Notwithstanding the ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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