Henry Corbin, L’Iran et la philosophie, Paris, Fayard, 1990, 268 p.

La Philosophie du remède

scruple then every prescription where this occurs has a serious error, and so, in a sense, invalidates Brownrigg's treatment. A drachm (3)=60 grains, whilst a scruple (3)=only 20 grains-an error of 1:3. Of less importance is to have equated the apothecary ounce (3) with that of the avoirdupois (oz) as there is a difference of 42.5 grains between them. It would thus seem that the editors have an...

Broussais et le matérialisme. Médecine et philosophie au XIXe siècle

The book is, however, far more than a psychological study of the tuberculous. It is a meticulously conceived work about tuberculosis in France, with intriguing sidelights on the differing experiences of other European countries. Whereas in Spain and Italy, and elsewhere in Southern Europe, the disease was considered contagious and its victims treated as lepers, ideas were more ambiguous in Fran...

Stabilisation des antigenes claveleux et preparation d'un vaccin mixte contre la clavelee et la fievre charbonneuse

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