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Science and Medicine in the Scottish Enlightenment.(Book Review)
From:
Canadian Journal of History
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August 1, 2003| Author:
Evenden, Doreen
| COPYRIGHT 2003 Canadian Journal of History. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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edited by Charles W.J. Withers and Paul Wood. East Linton, Tuckwell Press, 2002. 364 pp. $39.95 US (cloth).
This volume was dedicated to the memory of the late Roy Porter, "colleague, Londoner, historian."
The studies are wide-ranging and touch on areas not generally explored in studies of the period. The opening essay covers the historiography of the Scottish Enlightenment and provides a useful introduction to the subject, particularly for readers who have li...
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