A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800–1950
Author:   Ian Miller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9781848931817


Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Format:   Hardback
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A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800–1950


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This is the first exploration of the relationship between the abdomen and British society between 1800 and 1950. Miller demonstrates how the framework of ideas established in medicine related to gastric illness often reflected wider social issues including industrialization and the impact of wartime anxiety upon the inner body.

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Author:   Ian Miller
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Volume:   4
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781848931817


ISBN 10:   1848931816
Pages:   208
Publication Date:   01 May 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction: History and the Stomach; Chapter 1 The National Stomach: Indigestion and Nineteenth-Century British Society: An Overview; Chapter 2 The Ulcerated Stomach: Gastric Diagnosis and the Reorganization of Medical Knowledge, C. 1800–60; Chapter 3 The Laboratory Stomach: Gastric Analysis in an Era of Vivisection and Force-Feeding Controversies, C. 1870–1920; Chapter 4 The Surgical Stomach: Berkeley Moynihan’s Forgotten Surgical Revolution and Duodenal Ulcer Disease, C. 1880–1920; Chapter 5 The Psychosomatic Stomach: British Society, Wartime Dyspepsia and the Return of the Patient, C. 1920–45; Chapter 6 Concluding Remarks;

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'an illustration of the variety and rapid change of medical representations of an organ' American Historical Review


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