Medicine as culture : Edinburgh and the Scottish Enlightenment

Within fifty years of its foundation in 1726 the Edinburgh Medical School had become the pre-emjnent centre of medical education in the English speaking world. This pre-eminence was part of the cultural movement known as the Scottish Enlightenment. What is attempted here is an elucidation of the int...

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Main Author: Lawrence, Christopher John
Published: University College London (University of London) 1984
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264494