The history of medical education in Britain

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The history of medical education in Britain

edited by Vivian Nutton and Roy Porter

(The Wellcome Institute series in the history of medicine)(Clio medica, 30)

Rodopi, 1995

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliography and index

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Volume

ISBN 9789051835717

Description

Professional education forms a key element in the transmission of medical learning and skills, in occupational solidarity and in creating and recreating the very image of the practitioner. Yet the history of British medical education has hitherto been surprisingly neglected. Building upon papers contributed to two conferences on the history of medical education in the early 1990s, this volume presents new research and original synthesis on key aspects of medical instruction, theoretical and practical, from early medieval times into the present century. Academic and practical aspects are equally examined, and balanced attention is given to different sites of instruction, be it the university or the hospital. The crucial role of education in medical qualifications and professional licensing is also examined as is the part it has played in the regulation of the entry of women to the profession. Contributors are Juanita Burnby, W.F. Bynum, Laurence M. Geary, Faye Getz, Johanna Geyer-Kordesch, S.W.F. Holloway, Stephen Jacyna, Peter Murray Jones, Helen King, Susan C. Lawrence, Irvine Loudon, Margaret Pelling, Godelieve Van Heteren, and John Harley Warner.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors Introduction 1. 'An Examined and Free Apothecary' Juanita Burnby 2. Sir George Newman and the American Way W.F. Bynum 3. The Scottish-Australian Connection 1850-1900 Laurence M. Geary 4. Medical Education in Later Medieval England Faye Getz 5. Comparative Difficulties: Scottish Medical Education in the European Context (c.1690-1830) Johanna Geyer-Kordesch 6. Producing Experts, Constructing Expertise: The School of Pharmacy of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1842-1896 S.W.F. Holloway 7. Theory of Medicine, Science of Life: The Place of Physiology Teaching in the Edinburgh Medical Curriculum, 1790-1870. Stephen Jacyna 8. Reading Medicine in Tudor Cambridge Peter Murray Jones 9. 'As If None Understood the Art that Cannot Understand Greek': The Education of Midwives in Seventeenth-Century England Helen King 10. Anatomy and Address: Creating Medical Gentlemen in Eighteenth-Century London. Susan C. Lawrence 11. Medical Education and Medical Reform Irvine Loudon 12. Knowledge Common and Acquired: The Education of Unlicensed Medical Practitioners in Early Modern London Margaret Pelling 11. Students Facing Boundaries: The Shift of Nineteenth-Century British Student Travel to German Universities and the Flexible Boundaries of a Medical Educational System Godelieve van Heteren 12. American Doctors in London during the Age of Paris Medicine John Harley Warner Index
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: pbk ISBN 9789051836110

Description

Professional education forms a key element in the transmission of medical learning and skills, in occupational solidarity and in creating and recreating the very image of the practitioner. Yet the history of British medical education has hitherto been surprisingly neglected. Building upon papers contributed to two conferences on the history of medical education in the early 1990s, this volume presents new research and original synthesis on key aspects of medical instruction, theoretical and practical, from early medieval times into the present century. Academic and practical aspects are equally examined, and balanced attention is given to different sites of instruction, be it the university or the hospital. The crucial role of education in medical qualifications and professional licensing is also examined as is the part it has played in the regulation of the entry of women to the profession.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors. Introduction. Juanita BURNBY: 'An Examined and Free Apothecary'. W.F. BYNUM: Sir George Newman and the American Way. Laurence M. GEARY: The Scottish-Australian Connection 1850-1900. Faye GETZ: Medical Education in Later Medieval England. Johanna GEYER-KORDESCH: Comparative Difficulties: Scottish Medical Education in the European Context (c.1690-1830). S.W.F. HOLLOWAY: Producing Experts, Constructing Expertise: The School of Pharmacy of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1842-1896. Stephen JACYNA: Theory of Medicine, Science of Life: The Place of Physiology Teaching in the Edinburgh Medical Curriculum, 1790-1870. Peter Murray JONES: Reading Medicine in Tudor Cambridge. Helen KING: 'As If None Understood the Art that Cannot Understand Greek': The Education of Midwives in Seventeenth-Century England. Susan C. LAWRENCE: Anatomy and Address: Creating Medical Gentlemen in Eighteenth-Century London. Irvine LOUDON: Medical Education and Medical Reform. Margaret PELLING: Knowledge Common and Acquired: The Education of Unlicensed Medical Practitioners in Early Modern London. Godelieve van HETEREN: Students Facing Boundaries: The Shift of Nineteenth-Century British Student Travel to German Universities and the Flexible Boundaries of a Medical Educational System. John Harley WARNER: American Doctors in London during the Age of Paris Medicine. Index.

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  • NCID
    BA25900173
  • ISBN
    • 905183571X
    • 9051836112
  • Country Code
    ne
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Amsterdam
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 379 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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