Phrenological controversy and the medical imagination 'a modern Pythagorean' in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

The periodical press in the early nineteenth century was a site of dynamic exchange between men of science and men of letters, and Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine was a particularly rich site of expression for medical ideas. This chapter explores the symbiotic relationship between the Blackwoodi...

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Main Author: Coyer, Megan J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Rodopi 2014, 2014
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Collection: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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