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ISBN10: 1862322856, ISBN13: 9781862322851, [publisher: Tuckwell Press, East Linton] Softcover First Edition 2002. xiv, 364pp. B&W images. "Writing to Dugald Stewart in June 1789, Thomas Jefferson enthused that as far as science was concerned, "no place in the world can pretend to a competition with Edinburgh". Yet, despite similar encomiums down the years, the role of the natural sciences and medicine in the Scottish Enlightenment is still neither generally appreciated nor fully understood. This collection of ten essays by scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the place of scientific and medical enquiry in Scotland during the period 1690-1815. Each chapter presents new research in order to reflect upon previous interpretations and to suggest fresh perspectives on the relationship between science and medicine and culture and society in 18th-century Scotland. Collectively, the essays illustrate both the centrality of natural and medical knowledge in enlightened culture and the wider implications of Scotland's story for an understanding of science and medicine in the modern world." Contents include: Situating Practical Reason: Geography, Geometry and Mapping in the Scottish Enlightenment, by Charles W.J. Withers; The Burden of Procreation: Women and Preformation in the Works of George Garden and George Cheyne, by Anita Guerrini; and Charles Elliot's Medical Publications in the International Book Trade, by Warren ...

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ISBN10: 1862322856, ISBN13: 9781862322851, [publisher: Tuckwell Press, East Linton, Scotland] Softcover First Edition Illustrated glossy cover near pristine. xv + 364, 8 ill. plates in central blck ex-pagination; Verso fr. cover has pencil sig. oif Derek Gibson above date 1.10.05, this being Derek Gair Gibson, eminent pioneering British cardiologist, so a good provenance, otherwise no obvious faults. 12 chapters on various major topics and people. Apparently scarce, esp. in U.K. for some reason. 15.5 cm x 23 cm
[Tunbridge Wells, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2002]
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