Philosophic whigs : medicine, science, and citizenship in Edinburgh, 1789-1848

Philosophic whigs : medicine, science, and citizenship in Edinburgh, 1789-1848 /

In this fascinating study of the Edinburgh medical school in the early nineteenth century, L.S. Jacyna analyses the developments in medical education in the context of the social and political relationships within the local Whig community.

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Main Author: Jacyna, L. S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994
Series:Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine.
Subjects:
Thompson family.
University of Edinburgh. > Faculty of Medicine.
University of Edinburgh. > Faculty of Medicine > History > 18th century.
University of Edinburgh. > Faculty of Medicine > History > 19th century.
Medicine > Scotland > Edinburgh > History > 18th century.
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.
Politics, Practical.
History, 19th Century
Physicians
Politics
Schools, Medical > history
physicians.
politics.
Scotland
Biography
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • THE WELLCOME INSTITUTE SERIES IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Philosophic Whiggism; Introduction; John Thomson and the lure of chemistry; The republican tradition; Science as virtue; 'Nunquam de Republica desperandum est'; Whig science; A liberal education; Conclusion; Appendix 1; 2 John Allen, physiologist and Friend of the People; Introduction; The Friend of the People; The physiology of the human mind; The animal oeconomy; Conclusion; 3 The Old Chairmaker; Introduction; Professors and patrons; Extramural teaching and the College of Surgeons.

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