Medical fringe & medical orthodoxy, 1750-1850
By: edited by W.F. Bynum and Roy Porter.
Contributors: Bynum, W. F. 1943-; Porter, Roy, 1946-
Series: The Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine
Publisher: Croom Helm
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London; Wolfeboro, N.H
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Quacks and quackery -- Social aspects -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Quacks and quackery -- Social aspects -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.; Social medicine -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Social medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.; Medicine -- History -- 18th century -- Congresses.; Medicine -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.; History of Medicine, Modern -- Congresses.; Quackery -- history -- congresses; Therapeutic Cults -- history -- congresses.
Other titles: Medical fringe and medical orthodoxy, 1750-1850.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"Many of the papers in this volume were first presented at a one-day symposium on 'Medical Orthodoxy and Medical Fringe' held at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine on 15 February 1985"--Acknowledgments.