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Medicine-by-post : the changing voice of illness in eighteenth-century British consulation letters and literature /

Medicine-by-Post is an interdisciplinary study that will engage readers both in the history of medicine and the eighteenth-century novel. The correspondence from the large private practices of James Jurin, George Cheyne, and William Cullen opens a unique window on the doctor-patient relationship in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wild, Wayne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; New York : Rodopi, 2006.
Colección:Wellcome series in the history of medicine.
Clio medica (Amsterdam, Netherlands) ; 79.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Patients and their Doctors in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Etiquette, Eclecticism, and Ethics; 2. New Science Rhetoric in Medicine-by-Post: The Private Practice Correspondence of Dr James Jurin; 3. George Cheyne: A Very Public Private Doctor; 4. The Correspondence of Dr William Cullen: Scottish Enlightenment and New Directions in Medicine-by-Post; 5. Literary Applications of Medicine-by-Post; Bibliography; Index.