It remains beneath all 'speculative theories' [9], keeping medical practice in contact with the world of perception, and opening it up to the immediate landscape of truth: 'There have always been doctors who, with the help of that analysis that comes so naturally to the human mind, having deduced from the patient's appearance all the data needed concerning his idiosyncrasy, have been content simply to study the symptoms...' [10].
-THE BIRTH OF THE CLINIC: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDICAL PERCEPTION by Michel Foucault, Vintage Books, 2004.
Re: Interesting book?concord000October 23 2008, 14:37:51 UTC
Dunno, it just so happens that the religion section of our books is next to the pc.... I suppose I should read it but I was waiting for the whole HOLY BLOOD HOLY GRAIL and DAVINCI CODE hype to whine down.
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-THE BIRTH OF THE CLINIC: AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF MEDICAL PERCEPTION by Michel Foucault, Vintage Books, 2004.
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MY book!!
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