The Neurologists: A History of a Medical Specialty in Modern Britain, C.1789-2000

by Stephen T. Casper

The neurologists describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists. Relying entirely upon hitherto unseen primary sources drawn from archives across Britain, Europe and North America, this book analyses the emergence of neurology in the context of the development of modern medicine in Britain. The neurologists...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099811
• ISBN13: 9780719099816
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"