Medical progress and social reality [electronic resource]
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An anthology of nineteenth-century literature about medicine and medical issues.
Title |
Medical progress and social reality [electronic resource] : a reader in nineteenth-century medicine and literature / edited by Lilian R. Furst. |
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Edition |
1st ed. |
Publisher |
Albany : State University of New York Press |
Creation Date |
c2000 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index. English |
Content |
""Medical Progress and Social Reality: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Literature"" ""Contents"" ""Preface"" ""Introduction: From Speculation to Science"" ""Humoral Medicine"" ""Cadavers and Instruments"" ""Germ Theory"" ""Antisepsis, Asepsis, and Anesthesia"" ""Sociological Changes"" ""1. An Introduction to the Ethical Basisof Medical Practice: The Hippocratic Oath and Its Successors"" ""The Hippocratic Oath"" ""The Christian Hippocratic Oath"" ""American Medical Association�s 1847: Code of Ethics"" ""4. Blood-Letting and Septic Surgery: An Introduction to Selections from Gustave Flaubert�s Madame Bovary""""A Broken Leg "" ""Settling into Practice"" ""A Blood-Letting"" ""Surgery"" ""5. Germs, Drugs, Diagnoses,and Cadavers: An Introduction to Selections fromGeorge Eliot�s Middlemarch"" ""A Conflict of Opinions"" ""The New Hospital"" ""Lydgate�s Ideals"" ""A Case of Typhoid Fever"" ""Dispensing of Drugs"" ""Abdominal Cramps and Pneumonia"" ""Facing the Truth"" ""Gathering Opposition"" ""6. The Laboratory and Its Products: An Introduction to Selections from Robert Louis Stevenson�s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde""""The Delinquent Mr. Hyde and His Check"" ""Visits to Dr. Jekyll"" ""Crying Out for the Drug"" ""Dr. Jekyll�s Experiments"" ""Dr. Jekyll�s Confession"" ""7. Advances toward More Scientific Practice: An Introduction to Selections from Sinclair Lewis�s Arrowsmith"" ""Doc Vickerson�s Office"" ""Arrowsmith�s Office in Wheatsylvania"" ""How to Obtain Honor and Riches"" ""A Case of Diphtheria"" ""Telephone and Car"" ""Plague"" ""8. Emergency: An Introduction to Mikhail Bulgakov�s “The Steel Windpipe�""""“The Steel Windpipe�"" ""9. Telling the Truth: An Introduction to Selections from Thomas Mann�s Buddenbrooks"" ""Indigestion"" ""Pneumonia"" ""Stroke"" ""10. A Poor Woman�s Plight: An Introduction to Selections from George Moore�s Esther Waters"" ""Gaining Admission to Hospital"" ""Giving Birth"" ""11. Hands-on Medical Training: An Introduction to Selections from Somerset Maugham�s Of Human Bondage"" ""The Medical Students"" ""The Outpatient Clinic"" ""12. A Woman Doctor?: An Introduction to Selections from Sarah Orne Jewett�s A Country Doctor"" |
Series |
SUNY series, the margins of literature |
Extent |
1 online resource (331 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010718882205171 |
MARC RECORDS
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