Book ID: CBB449730912

Medical societies and scientific culture in nineteenth-century Belgium (2018)

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Vandendriessche, Joris (Author)


Manchester University Press


Publication Date: 2018
Physical Details: 384
Language: English

This book offers the first comprehensive study of nineteenth-century medical societies as scientific institutions. It analyses how physicians gathered to share, discuss, evaluate, publish and even celebrate their studies, uncovering the codes of conduct that underpinned these activities. The book discusses the publishing procedures of medical journals, the tradition of oratory in academies, the networks of anatomists and the commemorations of famous physicians such as Vesalius. Its setting is nineteenth-century Belgium, a young nation state in which the freedoms of press and association were constitutionally established. The book shows how Belgian physicians participated in a civil society shaped by the values of social engagement, polite debate and a free press. Given its broad focus on science, sociability and citizenship, it will be of interest to all those seeking to understand the position of science in nineteenth-century society.

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Authors & Contributors
Vandendriessche, Joris
Tinne Claes
Donnelly, Kevin Padraic
Steeno, Omer P.
Schrijvers, Klaartje
Schmidt, I.
Concepts
Medicine
Societies; institutions; academies
Physicians; doctors
Public health
Medicine and politics
Science and government
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Early modern
20th century, late
17th century
Places
Belgium
Netherlands
Germany
Polar regions
Luxembourg
France
Institutions
Société de Statistique de Paris
Real Tribunal del Protomedicato
Real Escuela de Cirugia
Royal College of Physicians of London
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