British Medicine in an Age of Reform

by Roger French and Andrew Wear

Book Overview

British Medicine in an Age of Reform, charts the nature and dynamics of the radical changes which occurred between 1780 and 1850 - a great turning point in British medicine. Medicine was reformed just as politics was being reformed. It became a recognizable profession, and at the same time there was an impetus from within to base the subject upon science. By the end of the 1850's medicine had become perceptibly modern'.
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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138868175
• ISBN13: 9781138868175
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"