Frances Burney and the doctors : patient narratives then and now / John Wiltshire.
Frances Burney and the doctors : patient narratives then and now / John Wiltshire.
Frances Burney and the doctors : patient narratives then and now / John Wiltshire.
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/0828
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English
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Physical content
x, 212 pages ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Acknowledgements; Note on Short Titles; Introduction; 1. Frances Burney's Long and Extraordinary Life: 1752-1840; 2. The King, the Court and 'Madness': 1788-9; 3. Aftermath: 1789-91; 4. An Inoculation for Smallpox: 1797; 5. 'A Mastectomy': 1811; 6. Fighting for Life: 'The Last Illness and Death of...
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Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2019.
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"Introduction 'Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story ... the pen has been in their hands.' In no field have Anne Elliot's famous words from Persuasion been more true than in medicine. Physicians and surgeons have for centuries been men, and the narratives of medicine, and medical history, have been in their hands. Patients,...
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Frances Burney and the doctors : patient narratives then and now / John Wiltshire.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ebook version : 9781108754361
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G 2020/0828
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74VKaZEVJzOM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaZEVJzOM
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ISBN
1108476368
9781108476362 (hardback)
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610.696
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991024291516402626
