Medical Theory, Surgical Practice

Studies in the History of Surgery

Christopher Lawrence

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Routledge
17 December 2018

History of medicine; Surgery

Series: Routledge Library Editions: History of Medicine

Originally published in 1992, Medical Theory, Surgical Practice examines medical and surgical concepts of disease and their relation to the practice of surgery, in particular historical settings. It emphasises that understanding concepts of disease does not just include recounting explicit accounts of disease given by medical men. It needs an analysis of the social relations embedded in such concepts. In doing this, the contributors illustrate how surgery rose from a relatively humble place in seventeenth century life to being seen as one of the great achievements of late Victorian culture. They examine how medical theory and surgical practices relate to social contexts, how physical diagnosis entered medicine and whether anaesthesia and Lister’s antiseptic techniques really did cause a revolution in surgical practice.

Edited by: Christopher Lawrence
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 9
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 639g
ISBN: 9780367030193
ISBN 10: 0367030195
Series: Routledge Library Editions: History of Medicine
Pages: 342
Publication Date: 17 December 2018
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements 1. Democratic, Divine and Heroic: The History and Historiography of Surgery 2. Seventeenth-Century English Surgery: The Casebook of Joseph Binns 3. Surgery and Scrophula 4. Giovanni Battista Morgagni and Eighteenth-Century Physical Examination 5. Physiological Principles in the Surgical Writings of John Hunter 6. Practising on Principle: Joseph Lister and the Germ Theories of Disease 7. From Conservative to Radical Surgery in Late Nineteenth-Century America 8. Knowledge of Bodies or Bodies of Knowledge? Surgeons and Anatomists and Rectal Surgery, 1830-1985 9. Experiment and Experience in Anaesthesia: Alfred Goodman Levy and Chloroform Death 1910-1960 10. The Ambiguous Artefact: Surgical Instruments and the Surgical Past Index

Christopher Lawrence