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

Jacalyn Duffin has examined either the full testimony or the Vatican summaries of more than 670 miracles reported in 35 countries on six continents from the late 17th century to the 21st. She situates the postmodern debate about the mind/body relationship within the timeless tradition of saintly hea...

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Main Author: Duffin, Jacalyn (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Summary:Jacalyn Duffin has examined either the full testimony or the Vatican summaries of more than 670 miracles reported in 35 countries on six continents from the late 17th century to the 21st. She situates the postmodern debate about the mind/body relationship within the timeless tradition of saintly healing.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 285 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index.
ISBN:9780199868612
0199868611