Bodies politic : disease, death and doctors in Britain, 1650-1900 / Roy Porter.
Pubblicazione:
Ithaca : Cornell university press, c2001.
Descrizione fisica:
328 p. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Introductory: framing the picture 2. The body grotesque and monstrous 3. The body healthy and beautiful 4. Imagining disease 5. Prototypes of practitioners 6. Profiles of patients 7. Outsiders and intruders 8. Professional problems 9. The medical politician and the body politic 10. Victorian developments. Afterword. References. Select bibliography. Photographic acknowledgements. Index
