Description
This book explores medical and health periodicals of the nineteenth century: their contemporary significance, their readership, and how historians have approached them as objects of study.
From debates about women doctors in lesser-known titles such as the Medical Mirror, to the formation of professional medical communities within French and Portuguese periodicals, the contributors to this volume highlight the multi-faceted nature of these publications as well as their uses to the historian. Medical periodicals – far from being the preserve of doctors and nurses – were also read by the general public. Thus, the contributions collected here will be of interest not only to the historian of medicine, but also to those interested in nineteenth-century periodical culture more broadly.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Media History.
Book Information
ISBN 9780367643263
Author Sally Frampton
Format Hardback
Page Count 104
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 370g
