Barry Milligan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5959985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barry Milligan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barry |
| FAMILY NAME | Milligan |
| SIGNATURE | MILLIGAN B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Wright State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Luke Fildes's the Doctor , Narrative Painting, and the Selfless Professional Ideal
Since its introduction at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1891, Luke Fildes's painting The Doctor has earned that often hyperbolic adjective “iconic.” Immediately hailed as “the picture of the year” (“The Royal Academy,” “The Doctor,” “Fine Arts”), it soon toured the nation as part of a travelling exhibition, in which it “attracted most attention” (“Liverpool Autumn Exhibition”) and so affected spectators that one was even struck dead on the spot…
The Making of Addiction
Reviewed by: The Making of Addiction: The “Use and Abuse” of Opium in Nineteenth-Century Britain Barry Milligan Louise Foxcroft. The Making of Addiction: The “Use and Abuse” of Opium in Nineteenth-Century Britain. The History of Medicine in Context. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 2007. vii + 199 pp. $99.95 (978-0-7546-5633-3). Addiction’s advent as a medical and cultural concept in the nineteenth century is complex, requiring at least the resources of…
Morphine-Addicted Doctors, the English Opium-Eater, and Embattled Medical Authority
I N 1883, the American physician J. B. Mattison made the startling announcement that the majority of American morphine habitues were doctors and suggested that between thirty and forty percent of medical professionals were addicted (23). By 1909, an English addiction specialist had broadened the context and seemingly raised the ante, claiming “that the proportion of medical addicts to the total of cases is in some statistics as high as ninety per…
The Plague Spreading And Attacking Our Vitals”
Morphine-Addicted Doctors, the English Opium-Eater, and Embattled Medical Authority
I N 1883, the American physician J. B. Mattison made the startling announcement that the majority of American morphine habitues were doctors and suggested that between thirty and forty percent of medical professionals were addicted (23). By 1909, an English addiction specialist had broadened the context and seemingly raised the ante, claiming “that the proportion of medical addicts to the total of cases is in some statistics as high as ninety per…
The Plague Spreading And Attacking Our Vitals”
Morphine-Addicted Doctors, the English Opium-Eater, and Embattled Medical Authority
I N 1883, the American physician J. B. Mattison made the startling announcement that the majority of American morphine habitues were doctors and suggested that between thirty and forty percent of medical professionals were addicted (23). By 1909, an English addiction specialist had broadened the context and seemingly raised the ante, claiming “that the proportion of medical addicts to the total of cases is in some statistics as high as ninety per…
The Making of Addiction
Reviewed by: The Making of Addiction: The “Use and Abuse” of Opium in Nineteenth-Century Britain Barry Milligan Louise Foxcroft. The Making of Addiction: The “Use and Abuse” of Opium in Nineteenth-Century Britain. The History of Medicine in Context. Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 2007. vii + 199 pp. $99.95 (978-0-7546-5633-3). Addiction’s advent as a medical and cultural concept in the nineteenth century is complex, requiring at least the resources of…
Luke Fildes's the Doctor , Narrative Painting, and the Selfless Professional Ideal
Since its introduction at the Royal Academy exhibition of 1891, Luke Fildes's painting The Doctor has earned that often hyperbolic adjective “iconic.” Immediately hailed as “the picture of the year” (“The Royal Academy,” “The Doctor,” “Fine Arts”), it soon toured the nation as part of a travelling exhibition, in which it “attracted most attention” (“Liverpool Autumn Exhibition”) and so affected spectators that one was even struck dead on the spot…
History (4 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Opium (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Addiction (2 works) · Art (2 works) · History of Medicine Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)