Materials and Medicine: Trade, Conquest and Therapeutics in the Eighteenth Century

By Pratik Chakrabarti

Book Overview

Medicine was transformed in the eighteenth century. Aligning the trajectories of intellectual and material wealth, this book uncovers how medicine acquired a new materialism as well as new materials in the context of global commerce and warfare.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719096545
• ISBN13: 9780719096549
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"