Medical miracles : doctors, saints, and healing in the modern world /
Duffin, Jacalyn.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-274) and index.
Making saints : miracles, medicine, and evidence since 1588 -- The supplicants and their saints -- The miracles : diseases, corpses, and other wonders -- The doctors : medical knowledge in the canonization process -- The cure as drama : gestures of invocation and the context of healing -- Conclusion : religion, medicine, and miracles.
Spiritual healing
Christian saints
Miracles
Canonization.
Medicine