"This long disease, my life" : Alexander Pope and the sciences /

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The authors of this book present a medical case history of the poet Alexander Pope (who suffered from many diseases throughout his life besides his well known dwarfism and hunchback). Drawing heavily upon the Correspondence for information about Pope's symptoms, they discuss his various ailment...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Nicolson, Marjorie Hope, 1894-1981, Rousseau, G. S. (George Sebastian) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1968.
Temas:
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744 > Knowledge > Science.
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744
Pope, Alexander, > 1688-1744.
Pope, Alexander > 1688-1744
Pope, Alexander.
1700-1799
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Celebrities.
Famous Persons
Littérature et sciences > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Célébrités.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Literature and science.
Science.
Astronomie
Medizin
Naturwissenschaften
Natuurwetenschappen.
Dichters.
Great Britain.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part one: A medical case history of Alexander Pope
  • Part two: Pope and medicine
  • Circulation and transfusion
  • Animalitarianism
  • The Mary Toft case
  • Pope and "vomition"
  • The "mummius" episode
  • Part three: Pope and astronomy
  • Part four: Pope and other sciences
  • The old and the new
  • The small in nature
  • Grottoes and geology
  • Color and light.

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