Victorian Medicine and Popular CultureLouise Penner, Tabitha Sparks This collection of essays explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture. Chapters include an examination of Charles Dickens's involvement with hospital funding, concerns over milk purity and the theatrical portrayal of drug addiction, plus a whole section devoted to the representation of medicine in crime fiction. This is an interdisciplinary study involving public health, cultural studies, the history of medicine, literature and the theatre, providing new insights into Victorian culture and society. |
Contents
Dickens Metropolitan Philanthropy and the London Hospitals | |
Harriet Martineau the People | |
Debates over Milk Purity in Victorian Britain Jacob | |
Scientific and Domestic | |
The Domestic Threat of the Poisoning Doctor | |
Male Hysteria Sexual Inversion and the Sensational Hero in Wilkie | |
The Dramaturgy of Drug Addiction in Fin | |
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