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SKU:JU030BK0HYLJONAFAMZ
Model:9780192802668
Author:Porter

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  • Hardback - Number of Pages: 253 pages
  • Dimensions: 129.54 x 180.34 x 27.94mm - 249.47g
  • Publication date: 18 Apr 2002
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication City/Country: Oxford, United Kingdom
  • Language: English

A generously illustrated and pocket-sized distillation of the ways madness has been perceived and treated, from ancient times to the present. Highly acclaimed medical historian Porter (Social History of Medicine/Univ. College London; The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity, 1998, etc.) traces changes in attitude toward madness all the way from prehistoric beliefs in demonic possession to the contention of some modern theorists that mental illness simply does not exist. He demonstrates how beliefs in supernatural causes were challenged by Greek medicine, which developed an explanation based on the four bodily humors (blood, phlegm, black and yellow bile), and how that approach was subsequently adopted by Western medicine. With generous use of quotations, he illustrates how in the 17th century new organic theories of insanity linking mind and body began to emerge, leading to the hope that those with mental disorders could be helped through retraining of their...

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