The Correspondence of James Jurin (1684-1750)

Physician and Secretary to the Royal Society
Erscheinungsjahr 1996
ISBN: 978-90-420-0039-1
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 577 Seiten, Format (B × H): 16 mm x 23 mm

Reihe: Clio Medica

James Jurin (1684-1750) occupied a central place in the medical and scientific circles of Augustan and Georgian England. His dispassionate yet forceful advocacy of smallpox inoculation using an innovative statistical approach brought him widespread recognition both in Britain and abroad. He was Secretary to the Royal Society for seven years and participated vigorously in the most important scientific debates of the period. Jurin's correspondence, recently made available to the public, provides rich material for the study of eighteenth-century natural philosophy and medicine, especially of the smallpox inoculation debates. This volume reproduces a broad and valuable selection of letters, as well as a list of Jurin's publications and a calendar of the complete correspondence. The introductory biographical essay describes how Jurin combined a career as a successful London physician with that of a natural philosopher.

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Weitere Mitwirkende

Rusnock, Andrea A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. Notes on the Correspondence and Editorial Procedures. Brief Chronology of James Jurin's Life. Bibliography Publications. Biographical Introduction: James Jurin. Selected Correspondence. Calendar of Correspondence. Index.