Review of the hardback: 'This is an important, detailed, impeccably well-researched study; it is ambitious, significant and yet aware of its limitations. It deserves a wide audience for the research methods that it employs as well as its particular empirical findings.' Local Population Studies
'… fascinating and important book …' The Scotsman
This book is an unusual history of doctors trained in Britain in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, and their careers in Britain and the empire. Anne Crowther and Marguerite Dupree describe the experience of a whole generation of doctors at a time of rapid changes in medical knowledge. Amongst them were Sophia Jex-Blake and the first group of medical women in Britain. Many became disciples of Joseph Lister as he trained them in his new methods of antiseptic surgery. Surgery was not confined to specialists, and Lister's methods were adapted to suit hospitals and households, peace and war. The medical schools were tools of the Empire, sending students into general practice, military service, the mission fields, high-class consultancies and homeopathy in many lands. The book highlights the importance of medical networks - both male and female - and shows how doctors adapted to new methods in their profession.
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List of illustrations; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Arrivals; 2. Student days: the shared experience of survival; 3. Joseph Lister and the teaching of surgery; 4. First steps: the first five years after qualification; 5. Jex-Blake's women: education and careers; 6. Varieties of practice; 7. Listerism in practice; 8. Lister's men abroad: settlers; 9. Lister's men abroad: imperialists, missionaries and enclaves; 10. Last days; Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
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Review of the hardback: 'This is an important, detailed, impeccably well-researched study; it is ambitious, significant and yet aware of its limitations. It deserves a wide audience for the research methods that it employs as well as its particular empirical findings.' Local Population Studies
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An unusual history of doctors - both male and female - trained in Britain in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780521835480
Publisert
2007-03-08
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
870 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
446