Myth and (mis)information: constructing the medical professions in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century english literature and culture
Éditeur :
Manchester University Press
ISBN :
9781526166821
Date de publication :
16 avr. 2024
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
610 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book discusses the various cultural forms and literary works by which information, myth and misinformation on medical practices and personages were spread during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and some of the reasons for this, from authorial self-interest to scientific ignorance. -- .