A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800--1950 (2011)
Miller, Ian (Author)
Pickering & Chatto
Physical Details: xi + 195 pp.; ill.
Language: English
From the publisher: A Modern History of the Stomach is the first exploration of the complex relationship between the abdomen and British society between 1800 and 1950. It traces the development of the management of gastric conditions by various, often competing, members of the medical profession, detailing conflict between the ideas and values of surgeons, physicians, psychologists and gastroenterologists.Not simply a history of medicine, the work uses material drawn from both the medical profession and popular culture to explain why the myriad experiences of the stomach and its illnesses have regularly occupied prominent positions in British society and cultural thought. Miller demonstrates how the framework of ideas and concepts established in medicine related to gastric illness often reflected wider social issues including industrialization and the impact of wartime anxiety upon the inner body.
...MoreReview Hamlin, Christopher (2012) Review of "A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800--1950". American Historical Review (pp. 1668-1668).
Review Carden-Coyne, Ana (2015) Review of "A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800--1950". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (pp. 809-810).
Review Crenner, Christopher (2012) Review of "A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800--1950". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 610-611).
Review Hardy, Anne (2013) Review of "A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800--1950". Victorian Studies (pp. 354-356).
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