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Victorian medicine and popular culture /
This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Dickens's involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Science and culture in the nineteenth century.
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| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Dickens's involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to medicine in crime fiction. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (198 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0822981890 9780822981893 1781447977 9781781447970 |