Philosophic whigs : medicine, science, and citizenship in Edinburgh, 1789-1848 / L.S. Jacyna.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacyna, L. S.

Series:

Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine.

Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thompson family.

University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Medicine--History--18th century.

University of Edinburgh.

University of Edinburgh. Faculty of Medicine--History--19th century.

Medicine--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--18th century.

Medicine.

Medicine--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--19th century.

Medicine--Political aspects--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--18th century.

Medicine--Political aspects--Scotland--Edinburgh--History--19th century.

Physicians--Scotland--Edinburgh--Biography.

Physicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (220 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, c1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Philosophic Whigs explores the links between scientific activity and politics in the early nineteenth century. Through a study of the Edinburgh medical school, L.S. Jacyna analyses the developments in medical education in the context of the social and political relationships within the local Whig community. Philosophic Whigs is a fascinating study of the links between science and the society that produces it.

Contents:

Front Cover; Philosophic Whigs; Copyright Page; Contents; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Philosophic Whiggism; 2. John Allen, physiologist and Friend of the People; 3. The Old Chairmaker; 4. Pathologists and practitioners; 5.A Whig decline; Epilogue; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-95931-1

1-134-95932-X

1-281-19019-5

9786611190194

0-203-19296-6

9780203192962

OCLC:

213479915