This text draws on multidisciplinary sources to explore the universally shared experience of pain. From classical antiquity to the 20th century, it contrasts the different cultural perceptions of pain in each period, as well as the medical theories advanced to explain its mechanisms and the various therapeutic remedies formulated to relieve those suffering from it. This broad historical perspective highlights the transformation in humanity's relationship to pain, chronicles the progress made in its understanding and treatment and explores the little-understood areas that remain to this day.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Roselyne Rey
EAN: 9780674399679
COUNTRY: United States
PAGES: 432
WEIGHT: 690 g
HEIGHT: 235 mm
PUBLISHED BY: Harvard University Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 1995-10-01
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GENRE: MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Pain Management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
WIDTH: 161 mm
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Book Themes:
Cultural studies, History of medicine, Pain and pain management