Medical semiotics in the 18th century: A theory of practice?

Journal/Book: Theor Med Bioeth. 1998; 19: Spuiboulevard 50, PO Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publ. 203-213.

Abstract: Medical semiotics in the 18th century was more than a premodern form of diagnosis. Its structure allowed for the combination of empirically proven rules of instruction with the theoretical knowledge of the new sciences, employing the relation between the sign and the signified.

Note: Article Hess V, Free Univ Berlin, Inst Geschichte Med, Klingsorstr 119, D-12203 Berlin, GERMANY

Keyword(s): medical semiotics; practice; signs; symptoms; theory; 18th century

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