Title Making medicine scientific : John Burdon Sanderson and the culture of Victorian science / Terrie M. Romano

Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages) : illustrations Contents From evangelical to medical officer of health -- Choosing medicine -- Medical officer of health -- Making a career in medical research -- Before the germ theory : the cattle plague of 1865-1866 and the state support of pathology -- From clinician-researcher to professional physiologist : making the pulse visible -- Becoming a research pathologist : the rise of laboratory medicine in Britain -- Focusing on physiology : capturing the venus's flytrap's electrical activity -- The medical sciences : critics and allies -- Physicians, antivivisectionists, and the failure of the Oxford School of Physiology -- A corner turned? : experimental medicine in late-Victorian Britain -- Researchers associated with Burdon Sanderson in Britain Summary Romano's detailed portrayal reveals a fascinating figure who embodied the untidy nature of the Victorian age's shift from an intellectual system rooted in religion to one based on science Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Burdon-Sanderson, J. (John), Sir, 1828-1905. SUBJECT Burdon-Sanderson, J (John), Sir, 1828-1905 Burdon-Sanderson, J. (John), Sir, 1828-1905 fast Subject Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography Medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Medical sciences -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century Physicians. Physicians -- Biography -- Great Britain History of Medicine, 19th Cent -- Great Britain History, 19th Century -- Great Britain Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography History of Medicine, 19th Cent -- Great Britain History, 19th Century Physicians physicians. MEDICAL -- Physicians. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical. Medical sciences Medicine Physicians Artsen. Geneeskunde. SUBJECT United Kingdom Subject Great Britain Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Genre/Form Electronic books collective biographies. Biographies History Biografieën (vorm). Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2001004375 ISBN 0801876788 9780801876783 0801868971 9780801868979

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