Philosophic Whigs - Medicine, Science and Citizenship in Edinburgh, 1789-1848 (Hardcover)

"Philosophic Whigs" explores the links between scientific activity and politics and offers new insights into the form and content of medical education in early 19th-century Scotland. Through a study of the Thomson family, a medical dynasty active in Edinburgh from 1789 to 1848, the author describes how the Thomsons acted as medical entrepreneurs, developing novel forms of pedagogy in their attempt to secure their position within the competitive and acrimonious environment of the Edinbugh Medical School. Jacyna also considers the political allegiances and opinions of the Thomsons and their close associates. He includes them in the wide circle of other "philosophical Whigs", such as Francis Jeffrey and Henry Brougham, and illustrates how Scottish professorial appointments were often decided on the political, rather than the professional, merits of a candidate. For the Edinburgh Whig intelligentsia, intellectual, and especially scientific, activities were seen as a means of expressing a political identity.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Stephen Jacyna
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	222
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-03614-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history Promotions
LSN:	0-415-03614-3
Barcode:	9780415036146

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