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OverviewThe book offers a fresh and distinctive account of the transformation of provincial English medicine from the late eighteenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field it demonstrates how the roots of modern medicine can be located in the cultural, political and ideological upheavals of the age of reform. -- . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Brown , Rebecca MortimerPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.376kg ISBN: 9780719095573ISBN 10: 0719095573 Pages: 268 Publication Date: 31 March 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Doctor’s Club: politeness, sociability and the culture of medico-gentility 2. Polite and ornamental knowledge: medicine and the world of letters 3. The asylum revolution: politics, reform and the demise of medico-gentility 4. The march of intellect: social progressivism and the transformation of provincial medicine 5. Guardians of health: cholera, collectivity and the care of the social body 6. True heroes and healers: expertise, authority and the making of medical dominion Epilogue: Pasts, present, futures Bibliography Index -- .Reviews'Performing Medicine' is a work of sophisticated research which presents a convincing account of the irrevocable changes to the cultures, values and meanings of medicine which occurred between 1760 and 1850 Stephanie Snow, Reviews in History, 29/03/2012 -- Stephanie Snow. Reviews in History 'Performing Medicine tells a surprisingly colourful tale economically and readably. It is a well-written book that illuminates many aspects of the social and cultural history of the greater transformation to which it was related. I recommend it.' David Rollison, Metascience 'Performing Medicine is a theoretically sophisticated, carefully researched, and engagingly written account of medical culture and identity in provincial England from circa 1760 to 1850 ...Performing Medicine is an excellent addition to our knowledge of the making of modern medicine.' James Hanley, H-Albion, February 2013 -- David Rollison. Metascience Author InformationMichael Brown is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Roehampton Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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