Catalogue
Catalogue

Author: Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Library

Publisher:

Published: 1905

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13:

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Routledge Library Editions: Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century
Routledge Library Editions: Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-14

Total Pages: 3958

ISBN-13: 0429668341

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This set of 10 volumes, originally published between 1900 and 1994, amalgamates a wide breadth of research on Science and Technology in the Nineteenth Century, including studies on notable figures such as Gregor Johann Mendel, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Sir Humphry Davy. This collection of books from some of the leading scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the subject how it has evolved over time, and will be of particular interest to students of history and the sciences.

Medical Fringe and Medical Orthodoxy 1750-1850
Medical Fringe and Medical Orthodoxy 1750-1850

Author: W. F. Bynum

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0429749880

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First published in 1987. Even as the professionalism of medicine progressed, many sufferers continued to rely on what would now be termed "fringe" practitioners – quacks, backstreet surgeons, bone-setters, Thomsonian botanists, holists and naturalists. Many types of fringe medicine were popular in particular circles or reflected the political or religious preoccupations of their practitioners. Anti-establishment radicals might favour natural medicine, Christian Scientists would reject the medical aid, "Physical Puritans" would concentrate on homeopathy, hydropathy and vegetarianism to create health rather than counter disease. Some diseases, particularly venereal ones, allowed practitioners to play unscrupulously on the guilt of their patients. The end of the period saw professionalism establish itself in many areas, for example with the foundation in 1852 of the Pharmaceutical Society, and conflicts of fringe and orthodoxy became the fiercer. The essays collected in this volume all present new research on this fascinating and diverse period in the history of medicine.