Book chapter
Seeing through Medical History
Clio in the Clinic, pp 308-318
18 Apr 2005
Abstract
In medical history, probably about as much as in any other kind of history, there is a lot to be said for a ripping yarn. I thought I was never very good at ripping a yarn. I studied the history of medicine for more abstract and abstruse reasons than that, I told myself; something about plumbing the ‘structure of medical knowledge.’ That was a high-sounding notion, and one that perhaps became much less fashionable for historians to explore. Maybe such a notion seemed to presuppose some acceptance of a ‘truth value’ in various groups’ practices or habits of mind. An
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- Title
- Seeing through Medical History
- Creators
- RUSSELL C. Maulitz
- Contributors
- Jacalyn Duffin (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Clio in the Clinic, pp 308-318
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Family (Community and Preventive) Medicine
- Other Identifier
- 991019174030604721