Title Emotions and surgery in Britain, 1793-1912 / Michael Brown.

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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet	WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK Cambridge	Downloadable
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Description	1 online resource (illustrations)
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Between art and artifice : emotion and performance in Romantic surgery -- Anxiety and compassion : emotional intersubjectivity and the Romantic surgical relationship -- The patient's voice : conscious and unconscious agency in Romantic surgery -- 'Scenes of cruelty and blood' : emotion, melodrama, and the politics of Romantic surgical reform -- Quiescent bodies : utilitarianism and the reconfiguration of surgical emotion -- The 'new world of surgery' : sepsis, sentiment, and scientific modernity.
Summary	"In this innovative, engaging, and archivally rich history, Michael Brown explores the relationship between emotions and surgery in the long nineteenth century. He examines how it transforms our understanding of the history of surgery and demolishes long-standing myths and stereotypes"-- Provided by publisher.
Note	Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 26, 2022).
Subject	Surgery -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
	Surgery -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
	Surgery -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
	General Surgery -- history.
	Emotions.
	Surgeons -- psychology.
	History, 18th Century.
	History, 19th Century.
	History, 20th Century.
	United Kingdom.
	MEDICAL / History.
	Surgery. (OCoLC)fst01139351
	Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623
Chronological Term	1700-1999
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	9781108877237 (ebook)
	1108877230 (ebook)
	9781108883214 (ebook)
	1108883214 (ebook)

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