A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life

Gerald Gruman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

232 Seiten

2003
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-1875-2 (ISBN)

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Examines the quest for longevity and immortality up to the year 1800. This book presents multicultural perspectives and attitudes as depicted in Islamic and Chinese societies as well as in Western Civilization. It aims to contribute to our understanding of the origins of medicine, personal hygiene, and public health.

Dr. Gruman's book examines the quest for longevity and immortality up to the year 1800. He presents multicultural perspectives and attitudes as depicted in Islamic and Chinese societies as well as in Western Civilization. This scholarly work contributes to our understanding of the origins of medicine, personal hygiene and public health as well as the underlying psychological and social determinants of longevity and humanity's longing for its attainment.

Apologism; prolongevity legends; Taoist prolongevitism in theory; Taoist prolongevitism in practice; the alchemists; the hygienists; the philosophies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2003
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	340 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Sozialwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-8261-1875-5 / 0826118755
ISBN-13	978-0-8261-1875-2 / 9780826118752
Zustand	Neuware