Doctor of Society - Tom Beddoes and the Sick Trade in Late-Enlightenment England (Paperback)

First published in 1992, this book explores how we come to hold our present attitudes towards health, sickness and the medical profession. Roy Porter argues that the outlook of the age of Enlightenment was crucially important in the creation of modern thinking about disease, doctors and society. To illustrate this viewpoint, he focuses on Thomas Beddoes, a prominent doctor of the eighteenth century and examines his challenging, pugnacious, radical and often amusing views on a wide range of issues concerning the place of illness and medicine in society. Many modern debates in medicine continue to echo the topics which Beddoes himself discussed in his ever-trenchant and provocative manner. This book will be of interest to those studying the history of medicine, social history and the Enlightenment.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: The History of Social Welfare
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	1992
Authors:	Roy Porter
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	246
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-69881-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	1-138-69881-4
Barcode:	9781138698819

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