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Medical miracles doctors, saints, and healing in the modern world

Title
Medical miracles [electronic resource] : doctors, saints, and healing in the modern world / Jacalyn Duffin.
Author
Duffin, Jacalyn.
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (xv, 285 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Medical miracles (Online)
Alternative Title
Medical miracles (Online)
Subject
  • Catholic Church > Doctrines > History
  • Spiritual healing > Christianity > History
  • Christian saints > History
  • Miracles > History
  • Canonization
  • Medicine > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
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.
LCCN
2008026678
OCLC
ssj0000088248
Author
Duffin, Jacalyn.
Title
Medical miracles [electronic resource] : doctors, saints, and healing in the modern world / Jacalyn Duffin.
Imprint
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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