How did doctors argue in eighteenth-century medical pamphlet wars?
How literary, or clinical, is Diderot's depiction of mad nuns? What
is at stake in the account of a cataract operation at the beginning
of Jean-Paul's novel Hesperus? In this pioneering volume,
contributors extend current research at the intersection of
medicine and literature by examining the overlapping narrative
strategies in the writings of both novelists and doctors. Focusing
on a wide variety of sources, an interdisciplinary team of
researchers explores the nature and function of narration as an
underlying principle of such writing. From a reading of
correspondence between doctors as a means of continuing
professional education, to the use of inoculation as a plotting
device, or an examination of Diderot's physiological approach to
mental illness in La Religieuse, contributors highlight: how
doctors exploited rhetorical techniques in both clinical writing
and correspondence with patients. how novelists incorporated
medical knowledge into their narratives. how models such as
case-histories or narrative poetry were adopted and transformed in
both fictional and actual medical writing. how these narrative
strategies shaped the way in which doctors, patients and illnesses
were represented and perceived in the eighteenth century.
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