Bradley, J. and Dupree, M.W. (2001) Opportunity on the edge of orthodoxy: medically qualified hydropathists in the era of reform, 1840-60. Social History of Medicine, 14(3), pp. 417-437. (doi: 10.1093/shm/14.3.417)
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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/shm/14.3.417
Abstract
Following the lead of the Lancet's attacks in the 1840s, historians have considered hydropathy and hydropathists in Britain as part of fringe or heterodox medicine. Yet the distance between varieties of orthodox theory and practice and hydropathy was small, and many of the most prominent hydropathists held orthodox views and qualifications. Examining the educational backgrounds and careers of 40 early British hydropathists, the authors suggest that hydropathy and hydropathic establishments, like specialist hospitals, asylums, and spa practice, provided an alternative niche to general practice in the crowded British medical market and a way to 'fame and fortune' for medical men outside the metropolitan elite.
Item Type: | Articles |
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Keywords: | hydropathy, orthodox medicine, fringe medicine, medical careers, Britain, qualifications, medical theory, therapeutics |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Dupree, Professor Marguerite |
Authors: | Bradley, J., and Dupree, M.W. |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
College/School: | College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Economic and Social History |
Journal Name: | Social History of Medicine |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
ISSN: | 0951-631X |
ISSN (Online): | 1477-4666 |
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