Bodies politic : disease, death and doctors in Britain, 1650-1900 /

In a historical tour de force, Roy Porter takes a critical look at representations of the body in death, disease and health, and at images of the healing arts in Britain from the mid-seventeenth to the twentieth century. Porter's key assumptions are that the human body is the chief signifier an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porter, Roy, 1946-2002
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion, 2001.
Colección:Picturing history.
Temas:
Medicine > Great Britain > History.
Medicine > Great Britain > History > Pictorial works.
Physicians > Great Britain > History.
Physicians > Great Britain > History > Pictorial works.
Death > Great Britain > History.
Death > Great Britain > History > Pictorial works.
Médecine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Médecine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés.
Médecins > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Médecins > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés.
Mort > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Mort > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > Ouvrages illustrés.
MEDICAL > History.
Death
Medicine
Physicians
Kultur
Krankheit
Tod
Arzt
Menselijk lichaam.
Ziekten.
Dood.
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Pictorial works
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bodies Politic Cover; Imprint page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Introductory: Framing the Picture; 2. The Body Grotesque and Monstrous; 3. The Body Healthy and Beautiful; 4. Imagining Disease; Plate Section I; 5. Prototypes of Practitioners; 6. Profiles of Patients; 7. Outsiders and Intruders; Plate Section II; 8. Professional Problems; 9. The Medical Politician and the Body Politic; 10. Victorian Developments; Afterword; References; Select Bibliography; Photographic Acknowledgements; Index

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