| Philosophic Whigs: Medicine, Science and Citizenship in Edinburgh, 1789-1848 Contributor(s): Jacyna, Stephen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415036143 ISBN-13: 9780415036146 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1994 Annotation: b /b b i Philosophic Whigs /i /b explores the links between scientific activity and politics in the early 19th century. Through a study of the Edinburgh medical school, L.S. Jacyna analyzes the developments in medical education in the contexts of the social and political relationships within the Whig community br br For many of these "philosophical Whigs" intellectual and scientific activity was perceived as a means of expressing a political identity. However, this identity often showed through into the science itself as some of the physiological theories presented by the medical authors present a characteristically Whig view of the body. b /b b i Philosophical Whigs /i /b is a fascinating look at the links between science and the society that produces it. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 93029944 |
| Series: Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.08 lbs) 222 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Philosophic Whigs explores the links between scientific activity and politics in the early nineteenth century. Through a study of the Edinburgh medical school, L.S. Jacyna analyses the developments in medical education in the context of the social and political relationships within the local Whig community. Philosophic Whigs is a fascinating study of the links between science and the society that produces it. |
