The Transformation of German Academic Medicine, 1750-1820 |
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| Author:
| Broman, Thomas H. |
| Contribution by:
| Jones, Colin
Rosenberg, Charles |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-52457-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2002 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $49.99 |
Book Description:
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By examining German university medicine between 1750 and 1820, this book presents a new interpretation of the emergence of modern medical science. In contrast to the standard picture of the medical profession before 1800, which treats physicians almost exclusively as healers, Thomas H. Broman argues that healing was only one aspect of a complex professional identity in 1750. This identity would change over the second half of the eighteenth century as some German physicians began to...
More DescriptionBy examining German university medicine between 1750 and 1820, this book presents a new interpretation of the emergence of modern medical science. In contrast to the standard picture of the medical profession before 1800, which treats physicians almost exclusively as healers, Thomas H. Broman argues that healing was only one aspect of a complex professional identity in 1750. This identity would change over the second half of the eighteenth century as some German physicians began to articulate a new sense of professionalism, one that presented the physician as an expert whose therapeutic practices were explicitly derived from scientifically valid theories.