Opportunity on the Edge of Orthodoxy
Medically Qualified Hydropathists in the Era of Reform, 1840-60
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12211115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | James Bradley (0000-0002-4960-3641, corresponding author), Marguerite Dupree (University of Glasgow) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 417-437 |
| Publication date | 2001-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History of Medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-631X • E-ISSN: 1477-4666 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/shm/14.3.417 |
| PMID | 11811187 |
| OpenAlex | W2151185961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Following the lead of the Lancet's attacks in the 1840s, historians have considered hydropathy and hydropathists in Britain as part of fringe or heterodox medicine. Yet the distance between varieties of orthodox theory and practice and hydropathy was small, and many of the most prominent hydropathists held orthodox views and qualifications. Examining the educational backgrounds and careers of 40 early British hydropathists, the authors suggest that hydropathy and hydropathic establishments, like specialists hospitals, asylums, and spa practice, provided an alternative niche to general practice in the crowded British medical market and a way to 'fame and fortune' for medical men outside the metropolitan élite
Archaeology · Medical education · Medical practice · Metropolitan area · Orthodoxy · Pathology · Political science · Sociology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History of Medicine Studies · Medical History and Innovations · Medicine · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.12 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2018 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |