Medicine, Knowledge and Venereal Diseases in England, 1886-1916
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Medicine, Knowledge and Venereal Diseases in England, 1886-1916 by Anne R Hanley
This book reveals the ever-present challenges of patient care at the forefront of medical knowledge.
“The book begins with the training of competent general practitionersLike infectious diseases more generally, it proved a tough job to find time for venereology in the medical student curriculum.” (Graham Mooney, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences, Vol. 74 (3), July, 2019)
“This book considers the societal, legislative, scientific and medical changes that influenced our understanding of, and responses to, syphilis and gonorrhoea. … it richly illustrates the problems faced by healthcare professionals and contains a wealth of information of interest to the more general reader.” (Tim Mason, BSHM British Society for the History of Medicine, bshm.org.uk, July, 2017)
“This book considers the societal, legislative, scientific and medical changes that influenced our understanding of, and responses to, syphilis and gonorrhoea. … it richly illustrates the problems faced by healthcare professionals and contains a wealth of information of interest to the more general reader.” (Tim Mason, BSHM British Society for the History of Medicine, bshm.org.uk, July, 2017)
Anne Hanley is a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. After completing her PhD in History at the University of Cambridge, she worked with the Centre for History and Philosophy of Science and the Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Leeds. Her research interests are in the social history of medicine and healthcare during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, along with closely related themes in gender, political and economic history. She has published on the history of infertility, midwifery, medical education and nineteenth-century clinical experimentation.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783319324548 |
| ISBN 10 | 3319324543 |
| Title | Medicine, Knowledge and Venereal Diseases in England, 1886-1916 |
| Author | Anne R Hanley |
| Series | Medicine And Biomedical Sciences In Modern History |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Year published | 2016-11-11 |
| Number of pages | 318 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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