Ferngren, Gary B. <br/><br/>
Medicine & health care in early Christianity  [electronic resource] / 
 Medicine and health care in early Christianity 
Gary B. Ferngren. 
 - Baltimore :  Johns Hopkins University Press,  2009. 
 - xi, 246 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-237) and index. 
<br/><br/>Methods and approaches -- The Christian reception of Greek medicine -- Early Christian views of the etiology of disease -- Christianity as a religion of healing -- The basis of Christian medical philanthropy -- Health care in the early church -- Some concluding observations. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label> DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine--History--To 1500.<br/>Medicine--Religious aspects--History--To 1500.<br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R145  / .F47 2009eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>610