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Fenomen procesu chorobowego w filozofii medycyny Adama Wrzoska
The phenomenon of the disease in Adam Wrzosek’s philosophy of medicine

Author(s): Anna Oksiak-Podborączyńska
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
Keywords: Adam Wrzosek; philosophy of medicine; disease; definition of the disease; disease concept;

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to recreate definition of the disease by Adam Wrzosek, philosopher and physician, who lived and was active in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, a member of the Poznan School of History of Medicine, one of the founders of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Poznan. In the article, the author recreates the definition of the disease, given by Wrzosek in a short article, “Determination of the concept of disease.” Although the definition proposed by Wrzosek in that article is not explicitly defined, quite clearly reflects his approach to the problem of defining the disease.

  • Issue Year: 14/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 9-25
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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