Medicine-by-post : the changing voice of illness in eighteenth-century British consulation letters and literature /
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Rodopi,
2006.
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Series: | The Wellcome series in the history of medicine Clio medica,
79 |
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Online Access: | http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=198375 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Patients and their Doctors in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Etiquette, Eclecticism, and Ethics; 2. New Science Rhetoric in Medicine-by-Post: The Private Practice Correspondence of Dr James Jurin; 3. George Cheyne: A Very Public Private Doctor; 4. The Correspondence of Dr William Cullen: Scottish Enlightenment and New Directions in Medicine-by-Post; 5. Literary Applications of Medicine-by-Post; Bibliography; Index.