Medical progress and social reality : a reader in nineteenth-century medicine and literature / edited by Lilian R. Furst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Furst, Lilian R.

Series:

SUNY Series, The Margins of Literature

SUNY series, the margins of literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Literary collections.

Medicine.

Literature and medicine--History--19th century--Sources.

Literature and medicine.

Medicine in literature--Sources.

Medicine in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An anthology of nineteenth-century literature about medicine and medical issues.

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.

ISBN:

9780791491522

0791491528

OCLC:

794701325