Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Sci & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
ISBN-10
0822966433
ISBN-13
9780822966432
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Imprint
University of Pittsburgh Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 1st, 2020
Print length
196 Pages
Weight
282 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.20 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Philosophy of science
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Explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture.
This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens?s involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to the representation of medicine in crime fiction. This is an interdisciplinary study involving public health, cultural studies, the history of medicine, literature and the theatre, providing new insights into Victorian culture and society.
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