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The Medical Trade Catalogue in Britain, 1870-1914 By Claire L. Jones Series: Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Connects medicine and commerce by examining historical medical trade catalogues. By the late nineteenth century, advances in medical knowledge, technology and pharmaceuticals led to the development of a thriving commercial industry. The medical trade catalogue became one of the most important means of promoting the latest tools and techniques to practitioners. Drawing on over 400 catalogues produced between 1870 and 1914, Jones presents a study of the changing nature of medical professionalism.
University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822966388 • New in Paperback 229 x 152mm • 280 pages • December 2020 • £26.50
Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture Edited by Louise Penner and Tabitha Sparks Series: Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
An interdisciplinary study on the impact of scientific medicine on Victorian culture. This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens’s involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to the representation of medicine in crime fiction. This is an interdisciplinary study involving public health, cultural studies, the history of medicine, literature and the theatre, providing new insights into Victorian culture and society.
University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822966432 New in Paperback 229 x 152mm • 200 pages • December 2020 • £26.50
The Age of Scientific Naturalism Tyndall and His Contemporaries Edited by Bernard Lightman and Michael S. Reidy Series: Science & Culture in the Nineteenth Century
Examines how John Tyndall and his correspondents developed their ideas through writings. Physicist John Tyndall and his contemporaries were at the forefront of developing the cosmology of scientific naturalism during the Victorian period. They rejected all but physical laws as having any impact on the operations of human life and the universe. Contributors focus on the way Tyndall and his correspondents developed their ideas through letters, periodicals and scientific journals and challenge previously held assumptions about who gained authority, and how they attained and defended their position within the scientific community. University of Pittsburgh Press • 9780822966401 • New in Paperback 229 x 152mm • 200 pages • December 2020 • £26.50
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