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Making medicine scientific [electronic resource] : John Burdon Sanderson and the culture of Victorian science / Terrie M. Romano.

By: Romano, Terrie M.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002Description: xi, 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Burdon-Sanderson, J. (John), Sir, 1828-1905 | Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography | Medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Medical sciences -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th centuryDDC classification: 610/.92 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
From evangelical to medical officer of health -- Choosing medicine -- Medical officer of health -- Making a career in medical research -- Before the germ theory : the cattle plague of 1865-1866 and the state support of pathology -- From clinician-researcher to professional physiologist : making the pulse visible -- Becoming a research pathologist : the rise of laboratory medicine in Britain -- Focusing on physiology : capturing the venus's flytrap's electrical activity -- The medical sciences : critics and allies -- Physicians, antivivisectionists, and the failure of the Oxford School of Physiology -- A corner turned? : experimental medicine in late-Victorian Britain -- Researchers associated with Burdon Sanderson in Britain.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

From evangelical to medical officer of health -- Choosing medicine -- Medical officer of health -- Making a career in medical research -- Before the germ theory : the cattle plague of 1865-1866 and the state support of pathology -- From clinician-researcher to professional physiologist : making the pulse visible -- Becoming a research pathologist : the rise of laboratory medicine in Britain -- Focusing on physiology : capturing the venus's flytrap's electrical activity -- The medical sciences : critics and allies -- Physicians, antivivisectionists, and the failure of the Oxford School of Physiology -- A corner turned? : experimental medicine in late-Victorian Britain -- Researchers associated with Burdon Sanderson in Britain.

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