A medical companion to Dickens's fiction / Joanne Eysell.

  • Eysell, Joanne.
Date:
2005
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang, 2005.

Physical description

274 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

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Notes

Based on the author's thesis (Ph.D., Open University, 2000).

Contents

Dickens's medical practitioners.-- The "Pickwick Syndrome" and other diseases.-- Epilepsy.-- Stroke.-- Tuberculosis.-- Smallpox.-- Public health.-- Folk medicine, unorthodox medicine and superstitions.-- Spontaneous human combustion.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-231) and index.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    CU.AA8
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 3631541236
  • 9783631541234
  • 0820477435
  • 9780820477435