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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 139
... turned into an ' untimely ' event unless coming to those who were both healthy and old . Now it had become the outcome of specific diseases certified by the doctor . Death has paled into a metaphorical figure , and killer diseases have ...
... turned into an ' untimely ' event unless coming to those who were both healthy and old . Now it had become the outcome of specific diseases certified by the doctor . Death has paled into a metaphorical figure , and killer diseases have ...
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
THE EPIDEMIC OF MODERN MEDICINE | 15 |
THE MEDICALIZATION OF LIFE | 31 |
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