Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century PDF

Rating: (2 reviews) Author: W. F. Bynum ISBN : 9780521251099 New from $86.80 Format: PDF

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In this wide ranging survey, W.F. Bynum examines the parallel development of biomedical sciences (such as physiology, pathology, bacteriology and immunology) and of clinical practice and preventive medicine in nineteenth-century Europe and North America. By examining the contributions of key individuals, such as Louis Pasteur, R.T.H. Laennec, Claude Bernard, Edwin Chadwick, and Rudolf Virchow, and important institutions, Professor Bynum shows how science played a vital role in transforming medical education and medical care, and how the medical profession ultimately benefited from the public visibility of medical science in the latter decades of the nineteenth century. Historians, sociologists, and health professionals should find much of interest in this book.

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• Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science
• Hardcover: 301 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (May 27, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521251095
• ISBN-13: 978-0521251099
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds

Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century PDF

It was mildly interesting but covered no new ground. Disappointing in that it jumped from the end of the 18th century
almost entirely to the middle of the 19th, leaving the first quarter to half of that century still a mystery. It may be that
there is not a great deal of information available for that period but in the belief that there is certainly more than was
included here it falls short of providing a reasonable overview of medicine in the 19th century.

By Patricia Tiegs

The existence of scientific medicine as we would recognize it today has not been around as long as one would imagine. It was not until the second half of the 19th century that medical practice in a for that we would recognize began to be practiced. In this book Bynum examines this pairing of science and medicine and how it led to an increase in the acceptance and public authority of the medical profession. Science Bynum argues would give physicians and surgeons the specialized knowledge that would allow them to establish their respective proffesions not as simple trades but a colletion of highly specialized (and scientifically demonstrable) knowledge that had to be masterd. While this may seem like common sense it is the second half of Bynum's argument that is the most intresting and that is that while there was definatly an increase in the use of the scientific meathods and experiments in medicine, it led to relativly few actually advancements in the treatment of illness. While medicine looked like what we would recognize by the end of World War I it was still was not much more effective in the cure of disease that when bleeding was still considered a viable treatment.( With a few notable exceptions such as rabies) This is a very well written book that focuses on perception and how it has been crucial to modern medicine and its advancement. Whether one accepts the authors premis or not, this book encourges the reader to reconsider many fo the assumptions we have about medicine and medical treatment.

By Lionel S. Taylor