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A Modern History of the Stomach: Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800û1950 (Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine)

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Author:: Ian Miller
Publisher:: Routledge
Publication Date:: Jan 21, 2016
Number of pages:: 208 pages
Language:: English
Binding:: Paperback/Medical
ISBN-10:: 1138664502
ISBN-13:: 9781138664500

Overview

This is the first exploration of the relationship between the abdomen and British society between 1800 and 1950. Miller demonstrates how the framework of ideas established in medicine related to gastric illness often reflected wider social issues including industrialization and the impact of wartime anxiety upon the inner body.