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Can I read Mending Bodies, Saving Souls : A History of Hospitals on EtoBox?

Mending Bodies, Saving Souls : A History of Hospitals by Guenter B. Risse is a medicine available to read on EtoBox.

What is Mending Bodies, Saving Souls : A History of Hospitals about?

By chronicling the transformations of hospitals from houses of mercy to tools of confinement, from dwellings of rehabilitation to spaces for clinical teaching and research, from rooms for birthing and dying to institutions of science and technology, this book provides a historical approach to understanding of today's hospitals. The story is told in a dozen episodes which illustrate hospitals in particular times and places, covering important themes and developments in the history of medicine and

Who reads Mending Bodies, Saving Souls : A History of Hospitals?

It is typically read by working professionals who need an authoritative practice reference.

Common subject areas: medicine, law, business, engineering.

Author
Guenter B. Risse
Publisher
IRL Press at Oxford University Press
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9780199748693
Category
medicine
Subjects
History, Social Science, Medical
Updated
2026-03-25

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