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 |
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Burdon-Sanderson, J. (John), Sir, 1828-1905.
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SUBJECT |
Burdon-Sanderson, J (John), Sir, 1828-1905 |
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Burdon-Sanderson, J. (John), Sir, 1828-1905 fast |
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Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
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Medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Medical sciences -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Physicians.
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Physicians -- Biography -- Great Britain
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History of Medicine, 19th Cent -- Great Britain
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History, 19th Century -- Great Britain
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Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
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History of Medicine, 19th Cent -- Great Britain
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History, 19th Century
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Physicians
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physicians.
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MEDICAL -- Physicians.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Medical.
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Medical sciences
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Medicine
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Physicians
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Artsen.
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Geneeskunde.
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United Kingdom |
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Great Britain
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Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittanniƫ en Noord-Ierland.
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Electronic books
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collective biographies.
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Biographies
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History
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Biografieƫn (vorm).
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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LC no. |
2001004375 |
ISBN |
0801876788 |
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9780801876783 |
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0801868971 |
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9780801868979 |
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