Making medicine scientific John Burdon Sanderson and the culture of Victorian science - Romano, Terrie M.; ebrary, Inc. (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Burdon-Sanderson, J. -- Sir, -- 1828-1905.; Physicians -- Great Britain -- Biography; Medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century; Medical sciences -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century