Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture Paperback / softback
Edited by Louise Penner, Tabitha Sparks
Part of the Science and Culture in the Nineteenth Century series
Paperback / softback
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This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture.
Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens's involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to the representation of medicine in crime fiction.
This is an interdisciplinary study involving public health, cultural studies, the history of medicine, literature and the theatre, providing new insights into Victorian culture and society.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication Date:06/06/2021
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- ISBN:9780822966432
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
- Publication Date:06/06/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780822966432