Performing Medicine: Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England, C.1760–1850

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Michael Brown Rebecca Mortimer

Performing Medicine

Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England, C.1760–1850

Michael Brown, Rebecca Mortimer

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Manchester University Press
01 April 2014

History of medicine

The book offers a fresh and distinctive account of the transformation of provincial English medicine from the late eighteenth to the mid nineteenth centuries. Written by one of the leading scholars in the field it demonstrates how the roots of modern medicine can be located in the cultural, political and ideological upheavals of the age of reform. -- .

By: Michael Brown
Other: Rebecca Mortimer
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9780719095573
ISBN 10: 0719095573
Pages: 268
Publication Date: 01 April 2014
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. The Doctor’s Club: politeness, sociability and the culture of medico-gentility 2. Polite and ornamental knowledge: medicine and the world of letters 3. The asylum revolution: politics, reform and the demise of medico-gentility 4. The march of intellect: social progressivism and the transformation of provincial medicine 5. Guardians of health: cholera, collectivity and the care of the social body 6. True heroes and healers: expertise, authority and the making of medical dominion Epilogue: Pasts, present, futures Bibliography Index -- .

Michael Brown is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Roehampton

Reviews for Performing Medicine: Medical Culture and Identity in Provincial England, C.1760–1850

'Performing Medicine' is a work of sophisticated research which presents a convincing account of the irrevocable changes to the cultures, values and meanings of medicine which occurred between 1760 and 1850 Stephanie Snow, Reviews in History, 29/03/2012 -- Stephanie Snow. Reviews in History 'Performing Medicine tells a surprisingly colourful tale economically and readably. It is a well-written book that illuminates many aspects of the social and cultural history of the greater transformation to which it was related. I recommend it.' David Rollison, Metascience 'Performing Medicine is a theoretically sophisticated, carefully researched, and engagingly written account of medical culture and identity in provincial England from circa 1760 to 1850 ...Performing Medicine is an excellent addition to our knowledge of the making of modern medicine.' James Hanley, H-Albion, February 2013 -- David Rollison. Metascience