By Jacalyn Duffin. 285 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 2009. $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-533650-4.
This book is an important new study of the relationship betweenreligion and medicine. Penned by a well-established medicalscientist and modern historian, it places this relationshipat the forefront of research on miracles. Historians of medievaltimes have been tackling the subject of miracles for many years,but there is perhaps a tendency to see their research as theproduct of a more religious age. Jacalyn Duffin, who is indebtedto medievalists such as Joseph Ziegler and Michael Goodich forher approach, shows that there is considerable continuity inhow humans have dealt with illness over the centuries. However,. . . [Full Text of this Article]
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