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Charles Dickens and the sciences of childhood : popular medicine, child health and Victorian culture /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boehm, Katharina, 1984- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:Palgrave studies in nineteenth-century writing and culture.
Subjects:
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Criticism and interpretation.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870 > Knowledge > Medicine.
Dickens, Charles, > 1812-1870.
Literature and medicine > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Children in literature.
Children > Health and hygiene > Great Britain.
Literature and science > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Medicine in Literature > Great Britain.
Child Health Services > history > Great Britain.
Child Welfare > history > Great Britain.
Cultural Characteristics > history > Great Britain.
History, 19th Century > Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Experimental Subjects: Oliver Twist and the Culture of Mesmerist Experimentation
  • 2. Hothouse Children: Dombey and Son and Popular Medical Child Health Manuals
  • 3. Dickens, the Social Mission of Victorian Paediatrics and the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children
  • 4. The Feelings of Childhood: Dickens and the Study of the Child's Mind
  • 5. Monstrous Births and Saltationism in Our Mutual Friend and Popular Anatomical Museums
  • Conclusion.