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Chapter 7 Socializing Responsibility
(2018)
There is a near universal consensus that the bearers of moral responsibility are the individuals we identify with proper names. I suggest that if we take the exercise of agency as a guide to the identification of agents, ...
Galeni in Hippocratis Epidemiarum librum II commentariorum I-VI versio Arabica. Volume II: Commentaria IV-VI
(2016)
This two-volume monograph offers the first critical edition of the medieval Arabic translation of Galen's Commentary on Book 2 of the Hippocratic Epidemics produced by Hunayn ibn Ishaq (d. ca. 870). The edition is based ...
Chapter 10 Censuses and mapping
(2015)
Before new interventions can be used in disease control programmes, it is essential that they are carefully evaluated in “field trials”, which may be complex and expensive undertakings. Descriptions of the detailed procedures ...
Executing Magic in the Modern Era
(2017)
This book explores the magical and medical history of executions from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century by looking at the afterlife potency of criminal corpses, the healing activities of the executioner, and ...
Chapter 2 Athlete's Foot
(2013)
In this book, we discuss the changing medical and public profile of fungal infections in the period 1850–2000. We consider four sets of diseases: ringworm and athlete’s foot (dermatophytosis); thrush or candidiasis (infection ...
Chapter 5 Addiction
(2019)
In popular, philosophical and many scientific accounts of addiction, strong desires and other affective states carry a great deal of the explanatory burden. Much less of a role is given to cognitive states than to affective. ...
Mixing Medicines
(2022)
Early modern Russians preferred one method of treating the sick above all others: prescribing drugs. The Moscow court sourced pharmaceuticals from Asia, Africa, Western Europe, and the Americas, in addition to its own ...
Chapter 7 Socializing Responsibility
(2018)
There is a near universal consensus that the bearers of moral responsibility are the individuals we identify with proper names. I suggest that if we take the exercise of agency as a guide to the identification of agents, ...
Chapter Mortuary Theory, Pottery and Social Complexity at Jebel Moya Cemetery, South-Central Sudan
(2015)
archaeology - hunter-gatherers - early food producing societies - Northeastern Africa
Chapter 11 Diagrams in Greek Medical Manuscripts
(2022)
In this chapter I provide a critical examination of different forms of medical diagrams in Greek
manuscripts, which are related to works by both ancient Greek and Byzantine medical authors. Due
to the large number of ...