Morbid Appearances - The Anatomy of Pathology in the Early Nineteenth Century

Zusammenfassung This is the first detailed account of the rise of pathological anatomy in France and England in the early years of the nineteenth century. It traces the emergence of this important medical tradition! and examines the forces that moved these medical ideas and techniques from one culture to another. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Part I. Paris: 1. Genesis of a tradition; 2. Pathology and the Paris faculty; 3. Pathology in the middle; 4. The center holds; Part II. Channel Crossing: 5. The context of English pathology, 1800-1830; 6. Channel crossing; Part III. London: 7. After Waterloo: medical journalism and the surgeon-apothecaries; 8. Pathology and the specialist: The London Academy of Minute Anatomy; 9. Propagation; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Russell Charles Maulitz, Maulitz Russell Charles
• Assisted by: Colin Jones (Editor), Charles Rosenberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.07.2002
• EAN: 9780521524537
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52453-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Pathology, Pathology, MEDICAL / History, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine