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The neurologists A history of a medical specialty in modern Britain, c.1789–2000 / Stephen T. Casper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Casper, Stephen T., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Neurology.
- Neurologists.
- History, Modern 1601-.
- Physicians--history.
- Physicians.
- Neurology--History.
- Neurologists--Great Britain--History.
- Neurology--Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Manchester University Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- Describes how Victorian physicians located in a medical culture that privileged general knowledge over narrow specialism came to be transformed into the specialised physicians we now call neurologists
- Contents:
- Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Tables and figures; Foreword; Preface; Introduction: from physician to neurologist; 1. Physicians in neurological societies; neurologists in general medical societies; 2. The First World War and the transformation of neurology; 3. Neurology in interwar Britain; 4. Neurology and state medicine; 5. The integrative legacy of contemporary specialists in neurology; Notes; Select bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-263) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781526112590
- 1526112590
- OCLC:
- 980836571
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