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Sander Gilman
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american cultural and”. Today it says “american cultural and story of medicine”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American cultural and literary historian (born 1944)”. It now reads “American cultural and )”.
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Sander L. Gilman , (born February 21, 1944), is an American cultural and literary historian . He is known for his contributions to Jewish studies and the history of medicine . He is the author or editor of over one hundred books. Gilman's focus is on medicine and the echoes of its rhetoric in social and political discourse. In particular, Gilman investigates the constellations of medical, social, and political discourse that emerge at certain historical junctures.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american cultural and”. Today it says “american cultural and story of medicine”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “American cultural and literary historian (born 1944)”. It now reads “American cultural and )”. Read the current article and compare.
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american cultural and
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american cultural and story of medicine
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