: Jacalyn Duffin
: Medical Saints Cosmas and Damian in a Postmodern World
: Oxford University Press, USA
: 9780199910953
: 1
: CHF 43.40
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: Allgemeines, Lexika
: English
This book is an exploration of illness and healing experiences in contemporary society through the veneration of saints, primarily the twin doctors Saints Cosmas and Damian. It also follows the author's personal journey from her role as a hematologist who inadvertently served as an expert witness in a miracle to her research as a historian on the origins, meaning and functions of saints. Sources include interviews with devotees in both North America and Europe.