Romano, Terrie M.

Making medicine scientific John Burdon Sanderson and the culture of Victorian science / [electronic resource] : Terrie M. Romano. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002. - xi, 225 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From evangelical to medical officer of health -- Choosing medicine -- Medical officer of health -- Making a career in medical research -- Before the germ theory : the cattle plague of 1865-1866 and the state support of pathology -- From clinician-researcher to professional physiologist : making the pulse visible -- Becoming a research pathologist : the rise of laboratory medicine in Britain -- Focusing on physiology : capturing the venus's flytrap's electrical activity -- The medical sciences : critics and allies -- Physicians, antivivisectionists, and the failure of the Oxford School of Physiology -- A corner turned? : experimental medicine in late-Victorian Britain -- Researchers associated with Burdon Sanderson in Britain.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Burdon-Sanderson, J. Sir, 1828-1905.


Physicians--Great Britain--Biography.
Medicine--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Medical sciences--History--Great Britain--19th century.


Electronic books.

R489.B875 / R66 2002

610/.92 B