Liberating Medicine, 1720–1835

Liberating Medicine, 1720–1835
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 334
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ISBN-10 : 9781317316121
ISBN-13 : 1317316126
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Download or read book Liberating Medicine, 1720–1835 written by Tristanne Connolly and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 18th century medicine became an autonomous discipline and practice. Surgeons justified themselves as skilled practitioners and set themselves apart from the unspecialized, hack barber-surgeons of early modernity. This title presents 17 essays on the relationship between medicine and literature during the Enlightenment.


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