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The Medical enlightenment of the eighteenth century / edited by Andrew Cunningham and Roger French.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Europe--History--18th century.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--Great Britain--History--18th century.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 330 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Medical enlightenment of the 18th century
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Cambridge, Eng. : Cambridge University Press, 2006, c1990.
- Summary:
- A series of new essays on the development of medicine in the century of the Enlightenment, illustrating the decline in the role of religion in medical thinking, and the increased use of Reason.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0521030951
- 9780521382359
- OCLC:
- 132588052
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