Bibliograph

Frances Burney and the doctors, patient narratives then and now, John Wiltshire

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Frances Burney and the doctors, patient narratives then and now, John Wiltshire

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Frances Burney and the doctors

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1127288876

Responsibility statement

John Wiltshire

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

patient narratives then and now

Summary

Frances Burney is primarily known as a novelist and playwright, but in recent years there has been an increased interest in the medical writings found within her private letters and journals. John Wiltshire advocates Burney as the unconscious pioneer of the modern genre of pathography, or the illness narrative. Through her dramatic accounts of distinct medical events, such as her own infamous operation without anaesthetic, to those she witnessed, including the 'madness' of George III and the inoculation of her son against smallpox, Burney exposes the ethical issues and conflicts between patients and doctors. Her accounts are linked to a range of modern narratives in which similar events occur in the changed conditions of the public hospital. The genre that Burney initiated continues to make an important contribution to our understanding of medical practice in the modern world.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements; Note on Short Titles; Introduction; 1. Frances Burney's Long and Extraordinary Life: 1752-1840; 2. The King, the Court and 'Madness': 1788-9; 3. Aftermath: 1789-91; 4. An Inoculation for Smallpox: 1797; 5. 'A Mastectomy': 1811; 6. Fighting for Life: 'The Last Illness and Death of General D'Arblay': 1818; 7. 'Between Hope, Trust and Truth'; 8. Across the Centuries; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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