Materials and Medicine: Trade, Conquest and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century

by Pratik Chakrabarti

Book Overview

Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare. Bringing together a wide range of sources, this book argues that the intellectual developments in European medicine were inextricably linked to histories of conquest, colonisation and the establishment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719096545
• ISBN13: 9780719096549
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"