Medical Saints
Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World
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A termék adatai:
- Kiadó OUP USA
- Megjelenés dátuma 2013. június 13.
- ISBN 9780199743179
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem256 oldal
- Méret 236x157x22 mm
- Súly 476 g
- Nyelv angol
- Illusztrációk 35 b&w ht 0
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Rövid leírás:
This book is an exploration of illness and healing experiences in contemporary society through the veneration of saints, primarily the twin doctors Saints Cosmas and Damian.
TöbbHosszú leírás:
This book is an exploration of illness and healing experiences in contemporary society through the veneration of saints: primarily the twin doctors Saints Cosmas and Damian. It also follows the author's personal journey from her role as a hematologist who inadvertently served as an expert witness in a miracle to her research as a historian on the origins, meaning and functions of saints. Sources include interviews with devotees in both North America and Europe.
Cosmas and Damian were martyred around the year 300 A.D. in what is now Syria. Called the "Anargyroi" (without silver) because they charged no fees, they became patrons of medicine, surgery, and pharmacy as their cult spread widely across Europe. The near eastern origin explains their popularity in Byzantine and Orthodox traditions and the concentration of their shrines in Eastern Europe, Southern Italy, and Sicily. The Medici family of Florence also viewed the "santi medici" as patrons, and their deeds were depicted by great Renaissance artists. In medical literature they are now revered as patrons of transplantation. Duffin's research focuses on how people have taken the saints with them as they moved within Italy and beyond. It also shows that their veneration is not confined to immigrant traditions, and that it fills important functions in health care and healing.
Duffin's conclusions are situated within scholarship in medicine, medical history, sociology, anthropology, and popular religion; and intersect with the current medical debate over spiritual healing. This work springs from medical history and Roman Catholic traditions; however, it extends to general observations about the behaviors of sick people and about the formal responses to individual illness from collectivities in religion, medicine, and, indeed, history.
Jacalyn Duffin approaches the subject of Catholic miracle claims from the unique vantage of a medical doctor with a specialty in hematology as well as a historian of medicine. Medical Saints builds upon DUffin's earlier book, Medical Miracles: Doctors, Saints, and Healing, 1588-1999, Oxford University Press, 2009. Both books are fascinating, engagingly written accounts. Although not the first scholar to broach the subject of miracles through the lens of medical science, Duffin brings a refreshingly new perspective and style... Overall, this is a thoughtful and thought-provoking book that should prove valuable to a range of readers, including historians and sociologists of medicine and religion, as well as believers and skeptics of the miraculous.
Tartalomjegyzék:
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Prologue
Acknowledgements
Chapter One: Medical Miracle
Chapter Two: Doctor Twins: from Cyrrhus to Toronto
Chapter Three: Talking to Pilgrims in the New World
Chapter Four: Chasing Saints in the Old World
Chapter Five: Miracles, Medicine, and MEDLINE
Chapter Six: Conclusion: Home to the Clinic
Epilogue
Tables
Notes
Bibliography
Index
