Victorian Medicine and Popular Culture

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Other Sciences, History
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Author: ISBN: 9780822981893
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Publication: June 15, 2015
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780822981893
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication: June 15, 2015
Imprint: University of Pittsburgh Press
Language: English

This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens’s involvement with hospital funding, concerns about milk purity, and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to the representation of medicine in crime fiction. This is an interdisciplinary study involving public health, cultural studies, the history of medicine, literature and theatre, providing new insights into Victorian culture and society.

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This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens’s involvement with hospital funding, concerns about milk purity, and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to the representation of medicine in crime fiction. This is an interdisciplinary study involving public health, cultural studies, the history of medicine, literature and theatre, providing new insights into Victorian culture and society.

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