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134 Sec E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande
(New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1937), for the distinction of the sorcerer from the
witch. This distinction is refined and applied to Western culture by Jeffrey B.
134 Sec E. E. Evans-Pritchard, Witchcraft, Oracles, and Magic Among the Azande
(New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1937), for the distinction of the sorcerer from the
witch. This distinction is refined and applied to Western culture by Jeffrey B.
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H. E. Sigerist, "Disease and Music," in Civilization and Disease (Chicago: Univ. of
Chicago Press, 1943), chap. 1 1, pp. 212 ff. 15 Gunter Elsasser, "Ausfall des
Coitus als Krankheitsursache in der Medizin des Mittelalters," in Paul Diepgen et
al.
H. E. Sigerist, "Disease and Music," in Civilization and Disease (Chicago: Univ. of
Chicago Press, 1943), chap. 1 1, pp. 212 ff. 15 Gunter Elsasser, "Ausfall des
Coitus als Krankheitsursache in der Medizin des Mittelalters," in Paul Diepgen et
al.
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Jahrhunderts, dissertation, Univ. of Gottingen, 1958. For customs see Placidus
Berger, "Religidser Brauchtum im Umkreis der Sterbelitur- gie in Deutschland,"
Zeitschnfl fur Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft 5 (1948): 108-248
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Jahrhunderts, dissertation, Univ. of Gottingen, 1958. For customs see Placidus
Berger, "Religidser Brauchtum im Umkreis der Sterbelitur- gie in Deutschland,"
Zeitschnfl fur Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft 5 (1948): 108-248
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Introduction | 3 |
The Medicalization of Life | 39 |
Introduction | 127 |
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| Title | Limits to medicine |
| Author | Ivan Illich |
| Publisher | Marion Boyars, 1976 |
| ISBN | 0714525138, 9780714525136 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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