Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918

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Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918 is written by Rob Boddice and published by Taylor & Francis. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1000860094 (ISBN 10) and 9781000860092 (ISBN 13).

This volume foregrounds humanity (in the sense of compassion or sympathy), which often supplied the motivation for medical experiment and scientific innovation. Though the results of experiments could not be known in advance, often the stated goal was the reduction of suffering, the cure of disease, or the easement of life. Increasingly, critics accused practitioners of hiding hubris behind their purported humanity and questioned whether an increasingly professional scientific community could retain its grip on the meaning of compassion.