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The Mesmerist by Wendy Moore
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Australia
- ISBN
- 9781474602303
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Mesmerist: the Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound
- Item Height
- 233 mm
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Subject
- Medicine, History
- Item Weight
- 408 g
- Item Width
- 154 mm
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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At the beginning of the 1800s, surgery was a brutal affair. It was said of one acclaimed surgeon 'His surgical acquirements were very small, his operations generally very badly performed, and accompanied with much bungling, if not worse... It was lucky, therefore, for Lucas at least, that his deafness made him largely immune to his patients' dying groans'. If you needed to have a tumour removed or a leg hacked off, the most surgeons could offer by way of relief was a large swig of brandy. In addition, the medical profession was riddled with nepotism and corruption so that it was who - rather than what - you knew that was more important than knowledge. Into this arena came two ambitious young men. Thomas Wakley, founder of the new Lancet magazine, which aimed to 'lance the boil of corruption and malpractice that he had witnessed in the capital's hospitals and medical schools...but also to shed light on the best medical advances and scientific practice'. The second was John Elliotson, the dazzling and charismatic new hope of the medical world, a man determined to transform surgery from organised butchery into a practice backed by science. These two were avid consumers of the latest scientific views and findings. Together they promoted the idea of public hospitals that were more than slaughterhouses. But as with every dramatic rise, there came a fall. And that fall began in the summer of 1837, when a French visitor, the self-styled Baron Jules Denis Dupotet, arrived to promote the practice of mesmerism. It was a trend that was to take London by storm, but to split the medical world asunder, throwing into sharp focus fundamental questions about the fine dividing line between medicine and quackery, between science and superstition.
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Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
ISBN-13
9781474602303
eBay Product ID (ePID)
233230127
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Mesmerist: the Society Doctor Who Held Victorian London Spellbound
Publication Year
2017
Subject
Medicine, History
Type
Textbook
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
233 mm
Item Weight
408 g
Item Width
154 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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- m***m (1786)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseGreat service and value. Nicely packed and even better than described. Very fast and inexpensive postage. I highly recommend this seller. A++++
- y***l (45)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseSuper fast shipping, perfectly packaged item was as described, seller had amazing communication highly recommended A+ service2018-19 Panini NBA Hoops Luka Doncic Rookie Card #268 Dallas Mavericks RC (#196989176641)
- 4***5 (23)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseBooks were in excellent condition. Seller was extremely helpful.Postage was swiftly dealt with books arriving before estimated date packaged safely so no damage in transit. Couldn't be happier with my purchase. Many thanks