Article ID: CBB956348778

‘A Certain Instability of Mind’: Herbert Mayo, 1796–1852, Surgeon and Physiologist (2017)

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Herbert Mayo was a significant physiologist and an important figure in the London medical world of the 1820s and 1830s. And yet, a combination of poor decision-making and dabbling in heterodox medicine damaged his reputation. The life of Herbert Mayo illustrates that during the critical period before the 1858 Medical Act the boundary between orthodox and alternative medicine was porous. It also gives important insights into the politics of medicine at this time, particularly the significance of character to becoming a successful medical practitioner.

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Authors & Contributors
Barbour, Reid
Borghi, Luca
Bovin, Gary
Bradley, James G.
Clericuzio, Antonio
Cook, G. C.
Journals
Journal of Medical Biography
Medical History
Social History of Medicine
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
History of Science
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Publishers
Cambridge University Press
Oxford University Press
Pickering & Chatto
Routledge
University of Chicago Press
Nicomp
Concepts
Medicine
Physiology
Hospitals and clinics
Physicians; doctors
Biographies
Alternative medicine
People
Bell, Charles
Boyle, Robert
Browne, Thomas
Culpeper, Nicholas
Darwin, Erasmus
Forman, Simon
Time Periods
19th century
17th century
Renaissance
14th century
18th century
20th century
Places
England
London (England)
Great Britain
Italy
India
France
Institutions
Bethlem Royal Hospital (London)
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