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Depression and Melancholy, 1660-1800 vol 1
As a psychiatric term ‘depression’ dates back only as far as the mid-nineteenth century. Before then a wide range of terms were used: ‘melancholy’ carried enormous weight, and was one of the two confirmed forms of eighteenth-century insanity. This four-volume set is the first large-scale study of depression across an extensive period.
Vårdens väg
Vårdens väg skildrar Säfflebygdens vårdhistoria. Länge var kampen för överlevnad hård. Dödliga epidemier, vardagliga sjukdomar, svält och ofärd satte ständigt livet på spel. För att få hjälp vände sig folk till lokala kloka botare eller till kringresande undergörare. För knappt 200 år sedan kom de första utbildade barnmorskorna och läkarna till trakten. Långsamt började en offentlig sjukvård byggas upp. Vid 1900-talets början inleddes sjukvårdens mångåriga kamp mot tuberkulos. I Säffle kämpade man för att få en sjukstuga men landstinget höll emot. Inte förrän socknarna och privata intressenter själva bekostat bygget kunde sjukstugan öppnas. Inom kort fan...
The Bodhisattva Question
"Enthusiastic readers are sometimes heard to say of a book: 'I couldn't put it down.' This is obviously either a metaphor or else a gross hyperbole. But I can't recall any book as to which in my case it came nearer to the literal truth than The Bodhisattva Question." -- Owen Barfield According to Eastern tradition, the twelve sublime beings known as bodhisattvas are the great teachers of humanity. One after another, they descend into earthly incarnation until they fulfil their earthly missions. At that point, they rise to buddahood and are no longer obliged to return in a physical form. However, before bodhisattvas becomes a buddhas, they announce the name of their successors. According to R...
