Thesis
Private vices, public benefits
- Alternative title:
- Dr Mandeville and the body politic
- Abstract:
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This thesis examines the relationship between Mandeville's medical and non-medical thought, to assess the relevance of the former for an understanding of the latter. By locating his medical text, A Treatise of the Hypochondriack and Hysterick Passions, within the context of an early modern discourse on the nature and treatment of melancholic and nervous disorders, three distinctive features of his medical thought and practice are identified, namely: his commitment to the physiolo...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1988
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
- Source identifiers:
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602323604
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- td:602323604
- Deposit date:
- 2013-06-22
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- Copyright holder:
- R.A. Collins
- Copyright date:
- 1988
- Notes:
- The digital copy of this thesis has been made available thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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