Medical Theory and Therapeutic Practice in the Eighteenth Century: A Transatlantic Perspective

by Jürgen Helm

In the course of the long 18th century, medical theory and theories underwent profound changes. These in turn reflected discontinuities and often conflicting assumptions and premises, engendering divergent concepts of physiology and pathology. However, most theoretical considerations were only very inconsistently and partially reflected in therapeutic practice, which continued to be governed by experience with traditional and known medicinals and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 351508889X
• ISBN13: 9783515088893
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"