Review
Book Reviews: To See With a Better Eye: A Life of R.T.H. Laennec
Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences, v 55(2), pp 185-187
2000
Abstract
Review of JACALYN DUFFIN. TO See With a Better Eye: A Life of R. T. H. Laennec. Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press, 1998. xvii, 453 pp. illus.
It seems that for a generation and more, medical history, unlike its brethren in the history of arts and politics, has been peculiarly bereft of the accounts of lives. In most shops the historical project seems rather to have been to demythologize (almost always a good thing) and to deconstruct (sometimes also a good thing). But biography — especially good biography — has been lacking.
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- Title
- Book Reviews: To See With a Better Eye: A Life of R.T.H. Laennec
- Creators
- Russell Charles Maulitz - Drexel University, Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University (1993-1996, 1998-2002)
- Publication Details
- Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences, v 55(2), pp 185-187
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Family (Community and Preventive) Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000086506400007
- Other Identifier
- 991019170561404721
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