Medical miracles: doctors, saints, and healing in the modern world
Making saints : miracles, medicine, and evidence since 1588 -- The supplicants and their saints -- The miracles : diseases, corpses, and other wonders -- The doctors : medical knowledge in the canonization process -- The cure as drama : gestures of invocation and the context of cure -- Conclusion :...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Miraculous healing
/ Catholic church
/ Canonization process
/ History 1588-1999
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Medicine
Religious aspects
Catholic Church
History
B Spiritual Healing Christianity History B Christian saints History B Catholic Church Doctrines History B Canonization B Miracles History |
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| Summary: | Making saints : miracles, medicine, and evidence since 1588 -- The supplicants and their saints -- The miracles : diseases, corpses, and other wonders -- The doctors : medical knowledge in the canonization process -- The cure as drama : gestures of invocation and the context of cure -- Conclusion : religion, medicine, and miracles |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [257] - 274) and index |
| ISBN: | 019533650X |