Medical Progress and Social Reality

Stephanie.Geary

Description

Medical Progress and Social Reality is an anthology of nineteenth-century literature on medicine and medical practice. Situated at the interdisciplinary juncture of medicine, history, and literature, it includes mostly fictional but also some nonfictional works by British, French, American, and Russian writers that describe the day-to-day social realities of medicine during a period of momentous change. Issues addressed in these works include the hierarchy in the profession, the use of new instruments such as the stethoscope, the advent of women doctors, the function of the hospital, and the shifting balance of power between physicians and patients. The volume provides an introductory overview of the most important aspects of medical progress in the nineteenth century, and it includes an annotated bibliography of further readings in medical history and literature. Selections from Anthony Trollope, George Eliot, Gustave Flaubert, Sarah Orne Jewett, Sinclair Lewis, Mikhail Bulgakov, and others are included, as well as the American Medical Association's 1847 Code of Ethics.

Preface

Introduction: From Speculation to Science

Humoral Medicine
Cadavers and Instruments
Germ Theory
Antisepsis, Asepsis, and Anesthesia
Sociological Changes

1. An Introduction to the Ethical Basis of Medical Practice: The Hippocratic Oath and Its Successors

The Hippocratic Oath
The Christian Hippocratic Oath
American Medical Association's 1847 Code of Ethics
American Medical Association's 1980 Principles of Medical Ethics

2. An Old Style Doctor: An Introduction to Selections from Anthony TrollopeDr. Thorne

Dr. Thorne
Lady Arabella, a Patient in Two Minds
Sir Roger, a Cantakerous Patient
Dr. Fillgrave, a Rival
Sir Roger's Appeal to Dr. Thorne

3. The Cult of Pathology: An Introduction to Selections from Eugène Sue's Les Mystères de Paris

Death in the Hospital
Dr. Griffon
Rounds

4. Blood-Letting and Septic Surgery: An Introduction to Selections from Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

A Broken Leg
Settling into Practice
A Blood-Letting
Surgery

5. Germs, Drugs, Diagnoses, and Cadavers: An Introduction to Selections from George Eliot's Middlemarch

A Conflict of Opinions
The New Hospital
Lydgate's Ideals
A Case of Typhoid Fever
Dispensing of Drugs
Abdominal Cramps and Pneumonia
Facing the Truth
Gathering Opposition

6. The Laboratory and Its Products: An Introduction to Selections from Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The Delinquent Mr. Hyde and His Check
Visits to Dr. Jekyll
Crying Out for the Drug
Dr. Jekyll's Experiments
Dr. Jekyll's Confession

7. Advances toward More Scientific Practice: An Introduction to Selections from Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith

Doc Vickerson's Office
Arrowsmith's Office in Wheatsylvania
How to Obtain Honor and Riches
Telephone and Car
A Case of Diphtheria
Plague

8. Emergency! An Introduction to Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Steel Windpipe"

"The Steel Windpipe"

9. Telling the Truth: An Introduction to Selections from Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks

Indigestion
Pneumonia
Stroke

10. A Poor Woman's Plight: An Introduction to Selections from George Moore's Esther Waters

Gaining Admission to Hospital
Giving Birth

11. Hands-on Medical Training: An Introduction to Selections from Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage

The Medical Students
The Outpatient Clinic

12 A Woman Doctor? An Introduction to Selections from Sarah Orne Jewett's A Country Doctor

Enter Dr. Leslie
Practical Men versus Theorists
Nan, the Young "Assistant and Attendant"
"A Proper Vocation for Women"?
Risking a Woman's Happiness?
"A Silly Notion"?
Another Voice of Opposition
Setting a Dislocated Shoulder

13. A Shocking Discovery! An Introduction to Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Doctors of Hoyland"

"The Doctors of Hoyland"

14. Starting Up in Practice: An Introduction to Selections from Daniel W. Cathell's Book on the Physician Himself

Too Many Doctors
The Office
How to Dress
Affability
Dignity
Limitation of Practice
Collecting Fees

Sujets

• Médecine
• Médecine Générale
• History of medicine

Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791491522
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 4 Mo

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Medical Progress and Social Reality

SUNY series, The Margins of Literature

Mihai I. Spariosu

Medical Progress and Social Reality

A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Literature

Edited by Lilian R. Furst

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

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Medical progress and social reality : a reader in nineteenth-century medicine and literature / edited by Lilian R. Furst. p. cm. — (SUNY series, the margins of literature) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-4803-7 (hc. : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-7914-4804-5 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Medicine—Literary collections. 2. Medicine in literature. I. Furst, Lilian R. II. Series. PN6071.M38 M39 2001 809.3'9356—dc21 00-026534 CIP

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Preface

Contents

Introduction: From Speculation to Science Humoral Medicine, 3 Cadavers and Instruments, 5 Germ Theory, 9 Antisepsis, Asepsis, and Anesthesia, 13 Sociological Changes, 16

1 An Introduction to the Ethical Basis of Medical Practice: The Hippocratic Oath and Its Successors The Hippocratic Oath, 29 The Christian Hippocratic Oath, 31 American Medical Association’s 1847Code of Ethics, 32 American Medical Association’s 1980Principles of Medical Ethics,37

2 An Old Style Doctor: An Introduction to Selections from Anthony Trollope’sDr. Thorne Dr. Thorne, 46 Lady Arabella, a Patient in Two Minds, 49 Sir Roger, a Cantakerous Patient, 52 Dr. Fillgrave, a Rival, 58 Sir Roger’s Appeal to Dr. Thorne, 68

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The Cult of Pathology: An Introduction to Selections from Eugène Sue’sLes Mystères de Paris Death in the Hospital, 79 Dr. Griffon, 81 Rounds, 84

Blood-Letting and Septic Surgery: An Introduction to Selections from Gustave Flaubert’sMadame Bovary A Broken Leg, 95 Settling into Practice, 97 A Blood-Letting, 98 Surgery, 100

Germs, Drugs, Diagnoses, and Cadavers: An Introduction to Selections from George Eliot’sMiddlemarch A Conflict of Opinions, 113 The New Hospital, 115 Lydgate’s Ideals, 117 A Case of Typhoid Fever, 121 Dispensing of Drugs, 124 Abdominal Cramps and Pneumonia, 125 Facing the Truth, 128 Gathering Opposition, 133

The Laboratory and Its Products: An Introduction to Selections from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde The Delinquent Mr. Hyde and His Check, 142 Visits to Dr. Jekyll, 144 Crying Out for the Drug, 146 Dr. Jekyll’s Experiments, 149 Dr. Jekyll’s Confession, 151

Advances toward More Scientific Practice: An Introduction to Selections from Sinclair Lewis’sArrowsmith Doc Vickerson’s Office, 161 Arrowsmith’s Office in Wheatsylvania, 163 How to Obtain Honor and Riches, 164

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