Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (Cambridge Studies in the History of Science)
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (732 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 052127205X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Eknoyan, Science & Technology"brings together and makes accessible a vast amount of recent research. Anyone interested in the modern history of medicine will find this to be a valuable introduction to the field." George Weisz, JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association"well-written scholarly study." Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health"a well-crafted survey of nineteenth-century medical science. It is wonderfully written, well organized and witty, and rests on impeccable scholarship resulting from an exhaustive examination of the literature." Kenneth Kiple, Nature"This is an excellent history of medicine, placing a familiar story in a wider context and doing justice to its genuine excitements." Anne Crowther, Times Literary Supplement"This important piece of scholarship enriches the understanding
By examining the contributions of key individuals, such as Louis Pasteur, R.T.H. Laennec, Claude Bernard, Edwin Chadwick, and Rudolf Virchow, and important institutions, Professor Bynum shows how science played a vital role in transforming medical education and medical care, and how the medical profession ultimately benefited from the public visibility of medical science in the latter decades of the nineteenth century. Historians, sociologists, and health professionals should find much of interest in this book.. Bynum examines the parallel development of biomedical sciences (such as physiology, pathology, bacteriology and imm
Not an easy read VGASR Not an easy read if you do not have a lot of pre-med. Some chapters somewhat boring.. "The Fruitful and Marriage of Science and Medicine" according to Lionel S. Taylor. The existence of scientific medicine as we would recognize it today has not been around as long as one would imagine. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that medical practice in a for that we would recognize began to be practiced. In this book Bynum examines this pairing of science and medicine and how it led to an increase in the acceptance and public authority of the medical profession. Science Bynum argues would give physicians and surgeons the specialized knowledge that would allow them to establish their respective proffesions not as simple trades but a colletion of highly specialized (and sc