The Birth of the Clinic

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  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 46,6 Mb
  • Release : 01 November 2002
  • ISBN : 9781134955404
  • Page : 238 pages

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Towards the middle of the eighteenth century, Pomme treated andcured a hysteric by making her take baths, ten or twelve hours aday, for ten whole months. At the end of this treatment for thedesiccation of the nervous system and the heat that sustained it, Pomme saw membranous tissues like pieces of damp parchmentpeel away with some slight discomfort, and these were passeddaily with the urine; the right ureter also peeled away and came outwhole in the same way. The same thing occurred with the intestines, which at another stage, peeled off their internal tunics, which wesaw emerge from the.

The Birth of the Clinic

The Birth of the Clinic
Author: Michel Foucault
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Category: Philosophy

Towards the middle of the eighteenth century, Pomme treated andcured a hysteric by making her take baths, ten or twelve hours aday, for ten whole months. At the end of

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The Birth of the Clinic

The Birth of the Clinic
Author: Michel Foucault
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Category: Philosophy

In the eighteenth century, medicine underwent a mutation. For the first time, medical knowledge took on a precision that had formerly belonged only to mathematics. The body became something that

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Discipline and Punish

Discipline and Punish
Author: Michel Foucault
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Category: Philosophy

In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted

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Power Knowledge

Power Knowledge
Author: Michel Foucault
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Category: Philosophy

Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness

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Madness and Civilization

Madness and Civilization
Author: Michel Foucault
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Category: Philosophy

Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and

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Cows Pigs Wars and Witches

Cows Pigs Wars and Witches
Author: Marvin Harris
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Category: Philosophy

One of America's leading anthropolgists offers solutions to the perplexing question of why people behave the way they do. Why do Hindus worship cows? Why do Jews and Moslems refuse

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Birth Settings in America

Birth Settings in America
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Health and Medicine Division,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Children, Youth, and Families,Committee on Assessing Health Outcomes by Birth Settings
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The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than any

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Introduction to Kant s Anthropology

Introduction to Kant s Anthropology
Author: Michel Foucault
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"In his critical interpretation of Kant's Anthropology, Michel Foucault warns against the dangers of treating psychology as a new metaphysics. Instead, he explores the possibility of studying man empirically as

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The Birth of the Pill How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution

The Birth of the Pill How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
Author: Jonathan Eig
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Category: Philosophy

A Chicago Tribune "Best Books of 2014" • A Slate "Best Books 2014: Staff Picks" • A St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Best Books of 2014" The fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries

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How the Clinic Made Gender

How the Clinic Made Gender
Author: Sandra Eder
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Category: Philosophy

"This timely history tells the story of how 'gender' was invented in American medicine. The concept of gender shifted from a pragmatic tool in the sex assignment of children with

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The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment

The Role of Telehealth in an Evolving Health Care Environment
Author: Institute of Medicine,Board on Health Care Services
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Category: Philosophy

In 1996, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its report Telemedicine: A Guide to Assessing Telecommunications for Health Care. In that report, the IOM Committee on Evaluating Clinical Applications of Telemedicine

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Foucault

Foucault
Author: Stuart Elden
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Category: Philosophy

Michel Foucault's The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975. Although only six years apart, the difference in tone is stark: the former is a

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The Foucault Reader

The Foucault Reader
Author: Michel Foucault
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Category: Philosophy

Michel Foucault was one of the most influential philosophical thinkers in the contemporary world, someone whose work has affected the teaching of half a dozen disciplines ranging from literary criticism

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The Body in Medical Thought and Practice

The Body in Medical Thought and Practice
Author: D. Leder
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Category: Philosophy

In the second half of the 20th century, the body has become a central theme of intellectual debate. How should we perceive the human body? Is it best understood biologically,

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The Order of Things

The Order of Things
Author: Michel Foucault
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Category: Philosophy

Possibly one of the most significant, yet most overlooked, works of the twentieth century, it was The Order of Things that established Foucault's reputation as an intellectual giant.

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