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Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium
- Title
- Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium / Joris Vandendriessche.
- Author
- Vandendriessche, Joris, 1987-
- Publication
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | RA418.3.B4 V36 2018 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 317 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions. It analyses how physicians gathered to share, discuss, evaluate, publish and even celebrate their studies, uncovering the codes of conduct that underpinned these activities. The book discusses the publishing procedures of medical journals, the tradition of oratory in academies, the networks of anatomists and the commemorations of famous physicians such as Vesalius. Its setting is nineteenth-century Belgium, a young nation state in which the freedoms of press and association were constitutionally established. The book shows how Belgian physicians participated in a civil society shaped by the values of social engagement, polite debate and a free press. Given its broad focus on science, sociability and citizenship, it will be of interest to all those seeking to understand the position of science in nineteenth-century society." --Back cover.
- Series Statement
- Social histories of medicine
- Uniform Title
- Social histories of medicine
- Subject
- 1800-1899
- Medicine > Belgium > Societies, etc. > History > 19th century
- Medicine > History
- Societies, Medical > history
- Belgium
- History, 19th Century
- History of Medicine
- Physicians > history
- Social Medicine > history
- history of medicine
- Medicine
- Medicine > Societies, etc
- Arzt
- Medizinische Gesellschaft
- Wissenschaftskultur
- Belgium
- Belgien
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-305) and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Sociability and medical reform -- 2.Debate and controversy -- 3.Publishing and editing -- 4.Networks and collections -- 5.Expertise and advice -- 6.Celebrating and commemorating -- 7.A new scientific landscape.
- ISBN
- 1526133202
- 9781526133205
- 9781526133229 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781526133212 (PDF ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- on1028588418
- 1028588418
- SCSB-9199333
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library