A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life - Gerald Gruman

A History of Ideas about the Prolongation of Life

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Buch | Softcover
232 Seiten
2003
Springer Publishing Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-8261-1875-2 (ISBN)
125,55 inkl. MwSt
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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
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