Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth- Century Periodical Press : Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, 1817-1858
In the early nineteenth century, Edinburgh was the leading centre of medical education and research in Britain. It also laid claim to a thriving periodical culture, which served as a significant medium for the dissemination and exchange of medical and literary ideas throughout Britain, the colonies,...
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Edinburgh University Press
2017
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| Summary: | In the early nineteenth century, Edinburgh was the leading centre of medical education and research in Britain. It also laid claim to a thriving periodical culture, which served as a significant medium for the dissemination and exchange of medical and literary ideas throughout Britain, the colonies, and beyond. Literature and Medicine in the Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press explores the relationship between the medical culture of Romantic-era Scotland and the periodical press by examining several medically-trained contributors to Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, the most influential and innovative literary periodical of the era. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (235 p.) |
| ISBN: | OAPEN_627386 9781474405614 |
| Access: | Open Access |