ISBN: 1606352725

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe were masters of mystery and fantasy, but they also engaged real controversies surrounding individual health, health care practice, and biomedical r… More...

Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe were masters of mystery and fantasy, but they also engaged real controversies surrounding individual health, health care practice, and biomedical research in nineteenth-century America. During this volatile era, when mesmerists, phrenologists, and other pseudoscientists reigned and "regular" physicians were just beginning to consolidate power, Hawthorne and Poe provided important critiques of experimental and often haphazard systems of care, as well as insights into the evolving understanding of mental and physical pathologies. As writers, they responded to the social, historical, and medical forces of their own time, yet they also addressed themes of bioethics, humanism, and patient-centered care that remain relevant in the twenty-first century. Mysterious Medicine is the first anthology to bring together Hawthorne's and Poe's doctor-scientist tales along with thought-provoking introductions and discussion questions that make the anthology suitable for classrooms, book clubs, and individual readers. Every reader will discover new dimensions to classic tales like Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" or Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" while also exploring lesser-known works like Hawthorne's "Dr. Bullivant" and Poe's "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar." As one would expect of America's dark romantics, the tales feature gothic elements such as crumbing mansions, chaotic madhouses, and pathological killers. They also include medica history,literary criticism,literary criticism and collections,medical,medical books,science,science and math,science and scientists,science and technology Medical Books, Kent State University Press<

ISBN: 9781606352724

The Kent State University Press. PAPERBACK. 1606352725 Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc... . Very Good., The Kent State… More...

The Kent State University Press. PAPERBACK. 1606352725 Item in very good condition! Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc... . Very Good., The Kent State University Press<

2016, ISBN: 9781606352724

The Kent State University Press, 2016-03-04. Paperback. LikeNew. 9.2000 inches 6.1000 inches., The Kent State University Press, 2016-03-04