Performing medicine : medical culture and identity in provincial England, c.1760-1850

Performing medicine : medical culture and identity in provincial England, c.1760-1850 / Michael Brown.

Author/creator	Brown, Michael, 1977- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Manchester : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Description	viii, 254 pages : portraits ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Medicine--England --History --18th century. Medicine--England --History --19th century. Medical care--England --History --18th century. Medical care--England --History --19th century. Social medicine--England --History --18th century. Social medicine--England --History --19th century. Medical care--Political aspects --England --History --18th century. Medical care--Political aspects --England --History --19th century.

Contents	The doctor's club : politeness, sociability and the culture of medico-gentility -- Polite and ornamental knowledge : medicine and the world of letters -- The asylum revolution : politics, reform and the demise of medico-gentility -- The march of intellect : social progressivism and the transformation of provincial medicine -- Guardians of health : cholera, collectivity and the care of the social body -- True heroes and healers : expertise, authority and the making of medical dominion.
Abstract	"When did medicine become modern? This book takes a fresh look at one of the most important questions in the history of medicine. It explores how the cultures, values and meanings of medicine were transformed across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as its practitioners came to submerge their local identities as urbane and learned gentlemen into the ideal of a nationwide and scientifically-based medical profession"--Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2011293460
ISBN	9780719077975 (hardback)
ISBN	0719077974 (hardback)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	R486 .B76 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold