The Politics of Evolution
Morphology, Medicine, and Reform in Radical London
Cloth $65.00
ISBN: 9780226143460
Published May 1992
Paper $39.00
ISBN: 9780226143743
Published April 1992
List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Evolution and Society: Setting the Scene 2. Importing the New Morphology 3. Reforming the Management of Medicine and Science: The Radical Perspective 4. Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools 5. Accommodation and Domestication: Dealing with Geoffroy's Anatomy 6. Science under Siege: Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons 7. Engaging the Lamarckians 8. Embryology, Archetypes, and Idealism: New Directions in Comparative Anatomy 9. Grasping the Nettle: Some Concluding Remarks Afterword: Putting Darwin in the Picture Appendix A: Comparative Anatomy Teachers in London in the 1830s Appendix B: Biographical List of British Medical Men Abbreviations Bibliography Index
Awards
- Pfizer Award for a Distinguished Book in the History of
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