This Long Disease, My Life : Alexander Pope and the Sciences /

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When in his "Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot" Pope referred to "this long disease, my life," his statement was quite literally true, since Pope, in addition to being a dwarf and a hunchback, suffered from many diseases during his lifetime. With technical advice from several physicians,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nicolson, Marjorie Hope (Autor), Rousseau, George Sebastian (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Colección:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2093
Temas:
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part One. A Medical Case History of Alexander Pope
  • A Medical Case History of Alexander Pope
  • Part Two. Pope and Medicine
  • Pope and Medicine
  • I. Circulation and Transfusion
  • II. Animalitarianism
  • III. The Mary Toft Case
  • IV. Pope and "Vomition"
  • V. The "Mummius" Episode
  • Part Three. Pope and Astronomy
  • Alexander Pope and Astronomy
  • Part Four. Pope and Other Sciences
  • I. The Old and the New
  • II. The Small in Nature
  • III. Grottoes and Geology
  • IV. Color and Light
  • Appendix. Dr. Thomas Thompson
  • Dr. Thomas Thompson
  • Index

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