| British Medicine in an Age of Reform Contributor(s): French, Roger (Author), Wear, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415056225 ISBN-13: 9780415056229 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1991 Annotation: b /b b i British Medicine in an Age of Reform /i /b charts the nature and dynamics of the radical changes which occurred between 1780 and 1850. br br The details of the Apothecaries' Act, the use of the rhetoric of science for the purpose of medical reform, and the ways in which post-revolutionary French medicine was used as an example in British reforms are documented by the contributors. Other contributions include the teaching of chemistry to medical students, and how scientific medicine effected the doctor-patient relationship. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Social Science | Sociology - General - History |
| Dewey: 610.941 |
| LCCN: 90009163 |
| Series: Nissan Institute/Routledge Japanese Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.27 lbs) 276 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: British Medicine in an Age of Reform, charts the nature and dynamics of the radical changes which occurred between 1780 and 1850 - a great turning point in British medicine. Medicine was reformed just as politics was being reformed. It became a recognizable profession, and at the same time there was an impetus from within to base the subject upon science. By the end of the 1850's medicine had become perceptibly modern'. |