Format:
297 S
,
Ill.
ISBN:
0838756484
,
9780838756485
Content:
"Cordial remedies" : fevers, female patients, and sympathetic practitioners -- "Disqualified for labor" : puerperal fever, lying-in hospitals, and Mary Wollstonecraft's Wrongs of woman -- Breaking thro' stone walls : jail fever and sentimental reform -- "Insalubrious regions" : tropical fevers, sensibility, and slavery in the British Caribbean -- "Sure contagion" : pathologizing Creole culture
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (S. 278-289) and index
,
This study situates 18th-century medical fever texts in the broader frame-work of British sentimental culture, explores representations of the fevered bodies, and the ways such representations reveal cultural anxieties along gender, race, and class lines. - Includes bibliographical references and index
,
"Cordial remedies" : fevers, female patients, and sympathetic practitioners -- "Disqualified for labor" : puerperal fever, lying-in hospitals, and Mary Wollstonecraft's Wrongs of woman -- Breaking thro' stone walls : jail fever and sentimental reform -- "Insalubrious regions" : tropical fevers, sensibility, and slavery in the British Caribbean -- "Sure contagion" : pathologizing Creole culture
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Roman
;
Medizin
;
Fieber
;
Geschichte 1750-1800
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0619/2006025903.html
