Scholarly paper about 18th century medical knowledge

[hms_dauntless]

"Lay medical knowledge in the eighteenth century: the evidence of the Gentleman's Magazine"
by R. Porter. Medical History, 1985, 29: 138-168

available here

Comments

[caduceus]

Thank you for sharing this! :)
Roy Porter is a really good author - I currently have his "English Society in the 18th century" standing here, just waiting to be read. And oddly enough, reading books about medicine is not so bad if you can imagine they're about our Navyboys and their contemporaries... ;) Ah, the joys of fandom!

[hms_dauntless]

Thank you and curious to know your opinion about Porter's book. I've it in my to-buy list too. :)

[hms_dauntless]

Glad you found both papers of interest. :)

Where are you finding all these things?!
Oh, the thesis just popped out while I was googling whereas the article is via MedLine, a search engine for biomedical researchers. It seems there are a few scholarly journals devoted to History of Medicine.

[rum_inspector]

Thank you :D

[hms_dauntless]

Glad you found it interesting ! :)