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any deviation from a healthy or normal condition
the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases

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[The miraculous effects of taking laxatives. Success and failure of pre-modern medical treatment from the patients' perspective].

Stolberg M.
Würzburger medizinhistorische Mitteilungen / im Auftrage der Würzburger medizinhistorischen Gesellschaft und in Verbindung mit dem Institut für Geschichte der Medizin der Universität Würzburg.Wurzbg Medizinhist Mitt.2003;22:167-77.
The massive use of laxatives, emetics and blood-letting in pre-modern medicine has often intrigued historians. Why did generations of prominent and often quite empirically minded physicians resort to methods which, in hindsight, were usually much more likely to do harm than good And why did the pat
PMID 15641192

Mayr A1.
Tierärztliche Praxis.Tierarztl Prax.1993 Oct;21(5):391-5.
A historical review of the terms health and sickness in human beings and animals. The terms health and sickness have changed from ancient history to the present day and have also been modified. The notions of what life really is, when it starts and when it ends, have contributed to these changes. Hi
PMID 8248897

[Past and present--the roots of our modern concept of disease in 19th century clinical practice and science].

Sundström P1.
Tidsskrift for den Norske lægeforening : tidsskrift for praktisk medicin, ny række.Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen.1993 Sep 20;113(22):2812-6.
Historically speaking, our current clinical conceptions of disease are derived from 19th century science and clinical practice. In the early 19th century, large hospitals with hundreds of patients were erected for the first time. This provided "material" to which the physicians could apply their new
PMID 8211902