Myth And (mis)information Constructing the Medical Professions in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century English Literature and Culture |
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| Editor:
| Ingram, Allan
Williams, Helen
Lawlor, Clark |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5261-6682-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 2024 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $130.00 |
Book Description:
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This book discusses the various cultural forms and literary works by which information, myth and misinformation on medical practices and personages were spread during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and some of the reasons for this, from authorial self-interest to scientific ignorance.
This book discusses the various cultural forms and literary works by which information, myth and misinformation on medical practices and personages were spread during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and some of the reasons for this, from authorial self-interest to scientific ignorance.