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Late Modern English Medical Texts: Writing medicine in the eighteenth century
Edited by Irma Taavitsainen and Turo Hiltunen
[Not in series 221] 2019
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Subject Index

A

  • academic4, 26, 92, 125, 146–149 , 153, 213, 225, 329
  • address terms19, 25, 45
  • addressee18, 137
  • affect (n.)92, 154, 100–105 , 110, 122, 132–133 , 135, 140, 144, 180–181 , 184, 192, 195–196 , 257, 265, 269, 291, 292, 322–323 , 333
  • affective91, 100–101 , 110, 177, 189, 191, 195, 266, 268, 303
  • afterlives23, 41, 193
  • air15, 34, 37, 51–52 , 54, 57–58 , 63, 66, 69, 99, 102, 106, 173, 179, 182, 186, 191, 194, 237, 244, 248, 254, 290–292 , 335
  • alchemy42, 58, 73, 260, 286
  • alchemical58, 263, 265, 267, 269
  • alcohol76, 297, 311, 330
  • America69, 84, 135, 273, 328
  • American4, 81, 193, 261, 266
  • amusementsee also entertainment 130–131 , 188, 192, 328, 331, 333
  • anatomy24, 32, 34, 57, 87, 92, 126, 178, 207, 210, 212, 222, 245, 255, 259, 267, 272–274 , 292, 300–302 , 304–305 , 331
  • anatomical22, 38, 60, 63, 65, 89, 94, 99, 103–106 , 154, 207, 232, 272–274 , 278, 280, 299–305 , 329
  • ancient33, 41, 80, 117, 127, 146, 162, 171, 194, 248–249 , 255, 259, 265, 267, 290, 305
  • anonymity/anonymous102, 107, 117, 122, 125, 141, 158, 163, 180, 187, 190, 199, 232, 235–237 , 245, 253–254 , 256, 258, 263, 265–266 , 282, 292, 294, 311, 313–315 , 334
  • application 13–15 , 17, 20, 23, 31, 42, 47, 50, 58–59 , 64, 136, 139, 161, 186, 195, 236, 239, 261, 284
  • argumentation12, 18, 21, 28, 41, 91, 184, 188, 237, 257–258 , 265, 285
  • argument24, 28, 71, 97–98 , 141, 157, 162–163 , 169, 171, 173, 187, 195, 208, 216, 235, 244, 256–258 , 267, 295
  • army 37–38 , 66, 70, 280, 310, 315
  • astrology5, 42, 51, 127, 214, 231, 238, 259–260
  • astrological36, 41–42 , 117, 123, 183, 199, 208, 214, 216–217 , 223–224 , 238, 248
  • attitude12, 14, 33–40 , 39, 69, 75, 85, 150, 161, 169, 232, 248–249 , 287
  • audience1, 4, 12, 14–18 , 20, 22–23 , 24–25 , 28–30 , 32, 40, 68, 71, 90, 92, 96–97 , 101–102 , 105, 109–111 , 122, 125, 131, 173–177 , 179, 181, 184, 194, 204, 207, 223, 225, 233–234 , 245, 255–256 , 263–265 , 268–269 , 274, 279–281 , 283, 292–294 , 300, 310–311 , 322
  • authority, authorities36, 59, 120, 192, 273, 291, 295, 33, 34, 41, 47, 55, 116, 146, 151–152 , 156–157 , 160–162 , 168–171 , 182, 187, 194, 219, 238, 248–249 , 267, 287, 290, 300–306

B

  • bathing1, 15, 27–28 , 173, 179, 181, 187, 192–194 , 196, 252
  • Bible159, 188
  • biblical189
  • Bristol22, 39, 97–98 , 246, 255
  • Britain13, 22, 28, 31, 39, 59, 69, 113, 116–117 , 120, 122–124 , 127, 154, 164, 181–182 , 185, 192, 204, 239, 252–253 , 258, 260, 265, 274, 279, 330–331 , 333
  • British4, 21, 33, 38, 66, 69, 76, 90, 115, 124, 244–245 , 304, 328, 333, 335
  • British Empire21, 38, 66, 69, 335
  • Brunonian system37, 70

C

  • Cambridge2, 22, 182, 314, 328
  • Celsus24, 290
  • charity66, 142, 182, 309
  • charitable22, 38, 64, 69, 115, 196, 283, 286
  • chemistry42, 58, 73, 82, 87, 204, 262, 285–286 , 305
  • chemical14, 41, 75, 79–82 , 85, 186, 265, 290, 293–294 , 296
    • iatrochemical80
  • child, children25, 44, 47–48 , 51–52 , 54, 57-58 , 60, 73, 93, 135, 143, 157, 189, 207, 214, 234, 239, 255, 275–277 , 285, 287, 294, 311, 324, 329, 332-333
  • childbirth6, 37, 47, 52, 54, 57, 60, 73, 271–273 , 275, 278
  • Christian70, 159, 188, 283
  • church301
  • Church of England182, 233, 253
  • Cicero238
  • colony 81–82
  • colonial69, 245
  • commercial39, 115, 118, 174
  • communication4, 15, 19–20 , 22–23 , 25, 29, 66, 92–93 , 101, 111, 130–132 , 135, 139, 175, 179, 194, 246, 249, 318, 334
  • communicative29, 146–147 , 335
  • community16, 20, 28–29 , 131, 134, 137, 143, 151, 156–157 , 161–162 , 166, 247, 274, 281, 300, 302, 304
    • discourse community2, 31, 42, 176, 186, 234, 285, 334
  • consultation21, 128, 252
  • consumerism39, 174, 180, 196, 232, 270, 283
  • Constantinople189, 252
  • context1, 5, 12–13 , 16–18 , 20, 23, 33, 46, 49, 61, 68, 71, 73, 85, 92, 94, 113, 116, 122, 127, 132, 142, 181, 194, 199, 203–204 , 214, 216, 219, 224, 260, 317
  • contextualization4, 18, 176
  • conversation122, 146–147 , 149, 231
  • conventions4, 11, 16–19 , 29, 35, 55, 63, 71, 101, 106, 109, 111, 136, 131, 144, 146–147 , 204, 236, 269, 283–284 , 296, 313
  • correspondence14, 21, 105, 122, 130, 132–133 , 138, 143, 162, 167, 235, 289
  • correspondent130, 135, 137, 139, 143, 305, 324, 332
  • controversysee also dispute141, 185, 253, 272, 275, 308, 315
  • corpus, corpora 1–4 , 7, 11, 15, 46, 49–50 , 67, 148, 171, 200–201 , 203, 205–208 , 211, 213, 219, 221, 224–225 , 318, 320
    • A Representative Corpus of Historical English Registers (ARCHER)4, 176
    • Early Modern English Medical Texts (EMEMT)90, 205, 225
    • Helsinki Corpus (HC)7, 133, 207
    • Late Modern English Medical Texts (LMEMT) 1–2 , 12, 15, 17–18 , 145, 178, 205, 225
    • Middle English Medical Texts (MEMT)2, 90, 205, 225
  • corpus compilation 4–5 , 7, 12, 43
  • corpus linguistics1, 5–6 , 16, 31, 67–68 , 147, 200, 318
  • culture 13–14 , 18, 23, 38, 71, 77, 113–116 , 118, 127, 129, 132–134 , 195, 280, 322
  • cure (n.) 51–52 , 54, 60, 90, 96, 98, 100
  • curative80, 87, 118, 124, 182, 280, 333
  • curiosity35, 90, 119, 140, 194, 294
  • curious108, 135, 186, 246

D

  • death18, 52, 56, 66, 81, 89, 95, 98, 125, 171, 185, 192, 214, 232, 243, 252, 277, 331–332
  • dentistry 243–245
  • diagnostic 203–204 , 213–217 , 220, 222, 259
  • dialogue12, 33, 123, 135, 184, 235, 258, 266, 268, 285, 314, 327
  • dialogic 27–28 , 61, 141, 235, 284
  • didactic 117–118 , 231, 267, 275, 294
  • diet14, 37, 52, 60, 75, 77–79 , 81–86 , 102, 105–106 , 123–124 , 175, 217–218 , 232, 244, 249, 253, 284, 290–292 , 294–296 , 330, 333
  • dietary21, 75–77 , 70–82 , 84–86 , 130, 293
  • digestion48, 52, 55, 65, 79–81 , 86, 108, 237, 290–291 , 294
  • Digital Humanities1, 12, 16, 19, 31, 47, 67
  • disenchantment 71–73
  • discipline1, 2, 15, 19, 32, 42, 67, 147, 180, 200, 203, 225, 233, 271, 273, 278, 299
  • disciplinary6, 12, 16, 18–19 , 30, 32, 61, 73, 114, 194, 319, 322
  • discourse2, 7, 12, 14–19 , 26–27 , 29, 31–32 , 41–42 , 67–68 , 89, 91–92 , 105, 110, 129, 132, 150–153 , 173–176 , 178, 184, 186, 189, 194, 204, 220, 231, 234–236 , 243, 245, 248, 257, 259, 265, 273–275 , 277–278 , 283, 285, 294, 296, 302, 312, 314, 322–326
  • discursive7, 13–14 , 89, 129, 131
  • dispute29, 185, 238, 314
  • dissemination5, 32, 40, 71, 73, 92, 175, 281
  • dissemination of knowledge 32–34 , 40–42 , 62, 66, 71, 73, 92, 111, 113, 119–120 , 123, 125, 127, 159, 173, 175, 176, 258, 265, 272–273 , 278, 281, 302, 304, 327
  • doctor4, 20, 25, 28, 36, 42, 43, 47, 76, 80, 82, 85–87 , 91, 96, 97–98 , 101–102 , 107, 118, 124, 130, 132, 142, 159, 179, 180, 185, 188, 196, 220, 231–232 , 234, 246, 256, 264, 274, 276, 277, 280, 281, 289, 322, 331, 334–335
  • domestic23, 25, 77, 85–86 , 113–116 , 118–119 , 121–122 , 126, 128, 175, 234, 239, 275–276 , 280, 282, 285, 304, 329
  • Dublin285, 322, 336
  • Dutch233, 304

E

  • economy13, 113–114 , 116, 120, 122–123 , 127, 289
  • Edinburgh6, 20, 22–23 , 35, 58–59 , 85, 91, 109, 174, 177, 181–183 , 186, 233–234 , 245, 263, 281, 285–286 , 300, 308–309 , 311, 317–320 , 335–336
  • education22, 25, 28, 40, 59, 61, 71, 77–78 , 144, 162, 177, 179, 182–183 , 189, 204, 213, 233–235 , 263, 265, 278, 293, 300–301 , 307, 309, 315, 327
  • electricity25, 245, 247, 251, 253–254 , 259, 262
  • eloquence27, 138–139 , 187, 194, 266
  • embryology 37–38 , 271
  • England14, 17, 20, 22–23 , 75–76 , 82, 85, 124, 181–182 , 189, 191, 232–233 , 244, 252–253 , 264, 267–269 , 301, 308–310 , 314, 318
  • English 4–5 , 12–15 , 17–19 , 23–25 , 33, 38, 42, 50–51 , 53, 55, 67–68 , 75, 77–80 , 84, 89–90 , 107, 109, 132–133 , 136, 138, 145–148 , 150, 162, 171, 175–176 , 178, 182, 188, 195, 199–202 , 204–206 , 210–216 , 218–219 , 221–225 , 233–234 , 238, 245, 247, 254, 259, 263–264 , 268, 270, 277, 280–281 , 285–286 , 289–290 , 293, 300, 304–305 , 314, 318, 322, 330, 333, 335
    • Old English23, 201, 213
    • Middle English2, 15, 90, 136, 146, 200, 201, 205, 206, 210, 211, 213, 216, 218, 219, 221, 223, 225, 289, 335
    • Early Modern English90, 109, 132, 138, 148, 150, 171, 200, 205, 219, 223, 225
    • Present-day English176
  • emotions96, 143see also affect
  • empiricism23, 36, 66, 171, 204, 238, 309, 322
  • empirical1, 13, 20, 26, 31–33 , 39, 41, 47, 72, 92, 95, 98, 110, 118, 142, 146, 180, 196, 200, 218, 224, 272, 278
  • enlightenment39, 76, 85–86 , 99, 117, 130, 141, 182, 243, 245, 248, 252
    • Scottish22, 76, 132, 148, 183, 233, 300, 314, 319, 324
  • enquiry21, 105, 110, 194, 262, 272, 274
  • entertainment43, 328
  • environment36, 49, 85–87 , 124
  • epidemic37, 66, 134, 243, 331
  • epidemics69, 186, 243, 313, 315
  • epistemic 151–153 , 158–159 , 161, 163, 167, 170
  • epistemology36, 277
  • epistolary5, 322See correspondence
  • Essex75, 100, 125, 256
  • establishment39, 71, 73, 90, 282, 300, 307, 318
  • ethics231, 308, 314–315
  • ethnographic14, 29, 129, 144
  • European 22–23 , 33, 69, 86, 219, 252, 285, 304
  • exclamations184, 190, 235, 266–268 , 282
  • experiment 20–21 , 26-27 , 36, 53-54 , 58, 90, 92, 99-100 , 103, 108, 110-111 , 127, 139, 163, 170-171 , 183-187 , 189, 194, 247, 294, 305, 319, 324-325

F

  • fact5, 7, 16, 18, 21, 29, 36, 47, 58–60 , 68, 72, 77, 84, 86, 91–92 , 95, 99, 108, 111, 114–115 , 117, 140, 203, 206, 217, 224, 238–239 , 247, 249, 252–253 , 258, 260, 264, 294–295 , 305, 311, 318, 323–324
  • family114, 116–118 , 120, 123–124 , 130, 189, 234, 274, 279–280 , 282–284
  • fashion49, 77, 124, 204, 234, 262, 267, 291, 322
  • fashionable15, 117, 125, 173, 181, 183, 193, 234, 245, 252, 261, 262, 269, 293, 333
  • female7, 64, 272–275
  • fetus, foetus38, 99, 277, 332
  • fibre70, 80, 218, 236, 291, 296, 304, 331
  • fibre theory 37–38 , 60, 63, 73
  • France57, 62, 69, 76, 134, 213, 233, 301, 329
  • French19, 42, 55, 85–86 , 215, 268

G

  • Galen32, 79, 171, 219, 287, 290, 305
  • Galenism86, 87
  • Galenic41, 72, 75, 77, 79–81 , 86, 87, 182, 218, 330
  • Gaubius221, 280
  • genre4, 12–14 , 18, 26, 29, 33, 35, 41, 63, 71, 75–78 , 85–86 , 89–91 , 93–94 , 109, 111, 123, 131, 133, 144–145 , 172, 176, 180, 184, 193, 204, 236, 261, 267, 283, 289–290 , 292, 296, 312, 317, 319, 324–325
    • account12, 14, 16, 18, 28–29 , 32, 35, 42, 49, 51, 55–57 , 61–62 , 69, 97–98 , 106–108 , 120, 122, 125–126 , 132–135 , 139, 154, 164, 171, 177, 185, 191, 193, 232–233 , 237–239 , 243–244 , 246, 248, 251–253 , 255–256 , 258, 260, 262, 264–267 , 273, 277, 285, 287, 299–300 , 303–304 , 307, 309–312 , 314, 320, 323–324 , 331, 335
    • charter157, 372
    • consilia90
    • advertisement237, 256, 335
    • anecdote180, 189
    • aphorism236
    • book review185, 194, 325
    • bills of mortality36, 157, 169, 171, 312–313 , 329
    • case report13, 19, 89–94 , 97, 100, 103, 105, 108–111 , 153–154 , 164, 166–167 , 170, 180, 266, 324
    • chronicle126
    • commentary33, 218, 324
    • compendium214
    • declaration106, 141, 258
    • dedication236, 281
    • dispensary308, 310–311 , 314–315
    • dissertation134, 168, 186, 232, 237, 244, 252, 256, 258, 265–266 , 268
    • essay24, 27, 36, 61–62 , 64, 66, 76, 78, 82–83 , 99–100 , 124, 166, 180, 182, 191, 204, 216, 234–238 , 244–249 , 251, 254, 259–261 , 264, 266–267 , 271–272 , 274–275 , 277, 290–295 , 297, 308–309 , 311–312 , 314, 324, 335
    • experimental essay26, 324
    • health guide55, 180, 191, 196, 207, 210, 234, 237, 292
    • herbal123, 286
    • prognostications23, 33, 42–43 , 202
    • recipe 7–9 , 13, 25, 60, 63–64 , 93–94 , 113–114 , 116–124 , 131, 136, 207, 210, 232, 261–262 , 279–286
    • regimen6, 9, 14, 29, 43, 55–56 , 64, 75–87 , 105, 123, 191, 216, 253, 261, 289–293 , 295–296 , 333
    • report26, 37, 89, 91, 96, 98, 103, 106, 167, 309, 319, 323
  • gentility14, 129, 131
  • Georgian116, 124, 126, 173, 232
  • Germany55, 213, 259
  • German19, 256, 259, 278, 317
  • Glasgow183, 274
  • Glaswegian305
  • Greece24
  • Greek28, 58, 201, 215, 219, 247, 302, 306

H

  • health14,18, 21, 24, 36–37 , 42–43 , 45, 48–56 , 60, 62, 66–67 , 70–71 , 76–87 , 101–103 , 105, 113, 122, 124–125 , 129–130 , 134–135 , 138–139 , 143–146 , 175, 177, 196, 231–232 , 234, 245, 254, 262, 266, 268, 286, 289–297 , 309–312 , 324, 327–328 , 331–333 , 335–336
    • public health3, 6, 9, 38, 59, 64, 65, 69, 73, 89, 93, 94, 146, 149, 153–172 , 239, 252, 307, 314–315
  • healthcare104, 178, 182, 188, 191, 196, 207, 210, 213–214 , 223, 234, 237, 280
  • van Helmont79, 239
  • Helmontian79
  • Hippocrates24, 55, 85, 199, 219, 238, 249, 290, 305
  • historiography 113–114
  • household4, 7, 13, 15–16 , 113–115 , 118, 120, 127–128 , 130, 262, 279–280 , 282, 301
  • humanity66, 73, 142–143 , 184–185 , 266
  • humours18, 42, 47, 51, 53, 55–56 , 60, 72, 86, 136, 329
  • humoral13, 23, 29, 33, 36, 40, 55, 80, 81, 86, 113–114 , 117, 123, 127, 171, 183, 195, 200, 267, 290
  • hygiene15, 38–39 , 69, 77, 86–87 , 145, 159, 169, 305, 307, 310, 312, 315

I

  • ideology12, 21
  • illiterate 22–23 , 59, 71, 119–120 , 174, 195, 264
  • illnesssee also ailment
    • disease 18–19 , 21, 36–37 , 75-76 , 79, 90–91 ,93, 96, 98–99 , 101, 103, 107–108 , 110–111 , 125, 129–130 , 132, 141, 170, 199, 203, 208, 216, 222, 243, 289–290 , 274, 325
  • impolitesee also polite14, 129, 133, 141, 188
  • improvement36, 39, 40, 65, 66, 70, 83, 85, 92, 141, 143, 190, 233, 249, 269, 290, 300, 302, 307–308 , 310–312 , 314, 329, 333
  • India69, 102–103 , 245, 330
    • East Indies330
    • West Indies335
  • industry13, 69, 283
  • Industrial Revolution22
  • information2, 5, 7, 12, 16, 18–20 , 31, 46–47 , 78–79 , 90–91 , 96, 98, 107, 109–110 , 116, 120, 125, 134–135 , 171, 177, 180, 193, 195, 202, 205, 208, 222, 232, 236, 249, 257, 260, 264, 267, 279, 302, 306, 311, 313, 323, 328, 335
  • innovation4, 13, 17, 26, 32, 65, 67, 69, 83, 90, 126, 144, 238, 251, 300, 305, 327, 336
  • innovative4, 25, 31, 36, 63, 87, 91, 146, 179, 180–181 , 185, 251, 263, 286, 307, 336
  • inoculation13, 15, 21, 28, 36, 63, 66, 115, 125, 141, 164, 166, 173, 179–181 , 184–190 , 194
  • Institutions: Academy274, 329
    • Bethlem Hospital308, 314
    • Chelsea Hospital301
    • College of Physicians, London22, 33–34 , 59, 70, 76, 130, 151, 155–158 , 162, 169, 175, 181–182 , 186, 263, 274, 281, 285–286 , 304, 309, 313–315 , 329
    • College of Physicians of Edinburgh281
    • College of Physicians of Ireland309
    • College of Surgeons300, 308–310
    • Company of Surgeons22, 300, 309
    • Company of the Barber-Surgeons of London309
    • Edinburgh College of Physicians182
    • Edinburgh University22, 181, 183
    • Edinburgh Royal Infirmary308
    • Foundling Hospital38, 234, 311
    • General Dispensary308, 310, 314
    • General Sea-bathing Infirmary181, 252
    • Liverpool Infirmary183
    • London Hospital 310–312
    • Manchester infirmary333
    • Military hospital310
    • Radcliffe Infirmary118, 308, 372
    • Royal Academy274
    • St. Bartholomew’s 301–302 , 367
    • St. George’s301
    • Voluntary hospital22
    • York (lunatic) asylum234
  • instruction 12–13 , 64, 89, 91, 117, 123, 140, 159, 169, 188, 235, 256-259 , 261, 263, 267, 273, 275–276 , 282, 287, 291, 294, 312, 333
  • interaction14, 19–20 , 25, 129–130 , 132–134 , 137, 144, 196, 334
  • interdisciplinary12, 16, 18–19 , 31–32 , 73
  • interpersonal101, 130, 133, 137, 235, 257, 268, 284–285 , 295
  • intervention33, 70, 127
  • involvement39, 92, 101–103 , 105, 110, 134, 176, 184, 268
  • Ireland309, 331, 345
  • Irish314
  • irony235, 258
  • ironical142, 258
  • Italy77, 78, 190–191 , 213
  • Italian119, 181–182 , 191, 232

K

  • knowledge37, 40, 42, 135, 137, 154, 193–194 , 214, 220, 272, 282, 309, 313
    • knowledge base271, 273, 277, 278
    • dissemination of32, 40, 71, 73, 92, 175, 281
    • new2, 19, 33, 63, 72, 180, 194, 273, 277–278
    • received22, 30, 336
    • source of33, 265

L

  • laboratory32, 36, 81, 92, 194
  • laity173, 196
  • Latin 23–25 , 28, 33, 52–53 , 55, 90, 185, 201, 204, 215, 222, 238, 247, 258–259 , 268, 278, 285, 290, 302–303 , 306, 314, 325
  • lay4, 13, 15, 20, 23–25 , 34, 36, 39–40 , 70, 90, 101, 105, 110, 122–123 , 125, 143–144 , 173–183 , 187–188 , 192–196 , 218, 231, 234, 255–256 , 258, 260, 272, 274, 280–281 , 293, 310, 312, 327–328 , 334
  • learning24, 33, 41, 50, 138, 232, 235, 274, 277
  • learned4, 5, 17, 23–24 , 29, 33, 35–36 , 43, 48, 71, 77, 83, 96, 103, 110, 157, 162, 175–177 , 181, 188, 200–201 , 214, 223, 233, 236, 247, 249, 258, 263, 272, 274, 278, 280–282 , 285–286 , 300–301 , 310–311 , 329–330
  • Leiden182, 245, 305
  • leisure14, 75, 78, 289, 293, 329
  • lettersee also correspondence14, 20, 39, 93, 98, 101–102 , 105–106 , 110, 129–144 , 152–154 , 158, 167–169 , 180–181 , 188, 190, 192, 237, 243, 246–247 , 275, 280, 295, 311–313 , 322, 325, 329, 331, 334, 335–336
  • lifestyle14, 75, 77, 283, 294, 296
  • literacysee also illiteracy18, 22–23 , 30, 68, 71–72 , 92, 116, 122, 265, 281, 294
  • London . 22–23 26–27 , 35–36 , 38, 52, 61–62 , 76, 82, 85, 106, 120, 123, 126, 130, 177, 181, 183, 191, 233, 263, 273–275 , 281, 285, 291, 300–301 , 304–305 , 307–319 , 329, 336
  • logocentric 33–34 , 53–54
  • longevity15, 78, 114, 120, 173, 178–179 , 181–182 , 190–192 , 194, 333
  • luxury79, 83, 85, 192, 289, 294

M

  • machine50, 53, 239, 255, 290
  • magnetism163, 245, 247, 254, 256, 262
  • male7, 23, 38, 114, 272–274 , 282, 303
  • Manchester22, 333
  • mankind 44–45 , 61, 65, 135–136 , 139, 141, 143, 177, 189–190 , 192–193 , 234, 236, 249, 258, 263, 287, 293, 302, 329
  • manuscript7, 22–23 , 117–120 , 123, 128, 181, 206, 210, 218, 281, 283–284
  • market 68–70 , 83, 113, 115, 125–127 , 174, 183, 189, 196, 232, 281
  • marketplace 39–40 , 70, 114–116 , 118, 261–263
  • materia medica 21–22 , 24, 33, 59, 68, 70, 187, 238, 266–267 , 269, 280, 285–287
  • Matter-of-Factsee also fact21, 28, 34, 58, 69, 92, 99, 252–253 , 256, 258, 260, 294
  • meaningsee also sense18, 29, 33, 46, 71, 100, 133, 150, 199, 200, 203, 211, 214–217 , 219, 221–224 , 236–237 , 266
  • mechanical 40–41 , 55, 69, 75, 79–82 , 84–85 , 272, 296
    • iatromechanical68, 82
  • medical practice 60–61 65, 69, 80, 104, 219, 226, 236, 267, 271, 292
  • medical practitioners25, 60, 70, 86, 115, 122, 126, 157, 159, 167, 174, 177, 194, 232, 245, 262–263 , 290, 307–308 , 315, 318
    • faculty (collectively)2, 20, 59, 62, 65, 106, 196, 256–257 , 274, 277, 319
    • apothecary332
    • apothecaries22, 52, 66, 85, 122–123 , 158, 177, 204, 273, 309, 311, 315
    • barber213, 300, 309
    • barber-surgeon213, 300, 309
    • doctor36, 42, 47, 76, 80, 82, 86, 91, 97–98 , 101–102 , 107, 118, 132, 159, 177, 232, 234, 246, 264, 276–277 , 322
    • empiricist36, 204, 318, 323
    • physician263
    • quack61, 98, 101, 143
    • surgeon41, 47, 57, 65, 120, 124–125 , 128, 130, 137, 161, 213, 233, 253, 273, 292, 300–304 , 308, 323, 332
    • chirurgeons263
  • melancholy38, 68, 138, 192, 222, 245, 314, 331
  • metatextual130, 133, 135, 142, 180, 283
  • microscope 34–35 , 37, 69, 72, 247
  • man-midwife38, 125, 272–273
  • military66, 186, 245, 260, 310, 335
  • moral39, 232, 236, 244
  • moralistic41, 293
  • motivation2, 38, 69, 106, 122, 130, 135, 139, 143, 193, 233, 256, 270, 281

N

  • narrative 12–13 , 15, 21, 26, 32, 41, 71, 89, 91–92 , 94–98 , 101–102 , 107, 109, 111, 138, 140, 145–146 , 158, 162–164 , 166–170 , 172, 176–177 , 184, 186, 195, 246, 265, 271–272 , 275–276 , 303, 322–325
  • nation14, 157, 169, 268, 308–309 , 311, 333
  • national38, 69
  • natural philosophy20, 27, 108, 111
  • Newtonian natural philosophy20
  • nervous system38, 62, 70, 132, 183, 232
  • newspapers6, 13, 20–21 , 23, 39, 41, 49, 71, 93, 113, 115,120, 122, 125, 127
    • Daily Courant 336
    • Daily Journal 336
    • Grub-Street Journal 188, 336
    • London Gazette 174
  • nostrums60, 62, 90, 333

O

  • obstetrics 271–274 , 277
  • operation21, 28, 34, 48, 52, 65, 99, 101, 103, 107, 120, 126, 185, 257, 265–266 , 276, 299, 302, 322, 332
  • opinion14, 18, 24, 52, 56–57 , 59, 84, 105, 129, 144, 157, 160, 169, 184, 188, 193–194 , 196, 235, 239, 243, 248, 257, 263, 312, 325, 331

P

  • polemical59, 62, 144, 181, 232, 237, 252, 258, 266, 313–314 , 327, 330–331
  • pamphlet81, 125, 185, 264, 275, 335
  • Paracelsus79
  • Paracelsian286
  • Paracelsianism32
  • paradigm20, 34, 69, 78
  • Paris76, 274, 285, 329
  • Parisian80
  • parliament153, 157, 309, 311, 314
  • participant 18–19 , 30, 102, 131, 150–151 , 235, 263, 314, 323
  • perspectivessee also point-of view1, 13, 19, 32, 46–47 , 89, 92–93 , 96, 184, 303
  • philanthropy38, 69, 73, 136, 143, 157, 169, 190
  • philosophy of science2, 17, 20, 42
  • point of view12, 63, 90, 95–97 , 100–101 , 109, 111, 131, 176, 253, 322, 334
  • polite14, 17, 20, 26, 28, 38, 105–106 , 115, 129–131 , 133–137 , 139–141 , 144, 173–175 , 177, 184, 186, 193–194 , 196, 231, 233, 262, 265, 268, 328, 334
  • politeness14, 18–19 , 25, 115, 129–134 , 136–138 , 141, 144, 150–151 , 153, 190, 192
  • popular5, 25–26 , 29, 34–36 , 40–43 , 47, 71, 77, 83, 101, 107, 117–119 , 122–123 , 125–126 , 128, 171, 176, 182, 191, 194, 196, 213–214 , 244–245 , 252, 254, 271, 273, 281, 291, 331, 333
  • popularity14, 115, 122, 144, 182, 212, 215, 218, 224, 234, 259, 289, 296, 300, 328
  • power18, 24, 62, 73, 80, 85, 87, 107–108 , 118, 127, 136, 141, 152, 157, 166, 174, 181–182 , 187, 190, 206, 211, 234–236 , 254, 300, 309, 314
  • probabilities19, 21, 29, 36, 50, 287
  • Procopius331
  • production4, 118, 122, 176, 186, 255, 260, 283, 300, 302, 320
  • professional13, 15, 19, 25, 37, 40–41 , 45, 49, 52, 57, 61, 70, 73, 90, 99, 102–103 , 109–111 , 113, 127, 144, 173–188 , 193–196 , 199–200 , 223, 231, 251, 256, 259, 262–263 , 274, 280–282 , 294, 300, 302, 310–311 , 322, 328–329 , 331
  • professionalization13, 31, 40, 47, 59, 61, 68–69 , 73, 92, 119, 173, 194, 293
  • proprietary medicine13, 118–119 , 123, 127, 262–265 , 267–269 , 292, 295–296 , 309
  • prose92, 132, 146–147 , 149, 174, 195, 235, 267, 275, 320
  • pseudoscience42
  • publication20, 23–26 , 93, 122, 124–126 , 131, 133–134 , 137, 141, 144, 173–174 , 177, 237, 243, 251, 279, 296, 307, 317–318 , 327–328 , 335-336
  • publication channels4, 14–15 , 194

Q

  • quackery40, 61, 70, 73, 256

R

  • readershipsee also audience17, 39, 76, 130, 135, 173–175 , 177, 180, 195, 213, 323–324 , 256, 258, 273–275 , 281, 294, 297, 310–311 , 322, 325, 328, 334
  • religion53, 56, 60, 70–71 , 73, 118
  • representativeness1, 5, 7, 11, 15, 67
  • reproduction 271–273 , 277
  • rural23, 85, 116, 118, 124, 192

S

  • sanitation38, 69, 315
  • scholasticism32, 34, 53–55 , 72
  • Scotland182, 192, 300, 311
  • Scottish22, 76, 132, 148, 183, 233, 300, 314, 319, 324
  • semantics15, 46
  • semantic12, 49, 57–58 , 69, 96, 100, 114, 133, 148, 151, 176, 199–201 , 209, 214–215 , 218, 222, 284
  • senses115, 122, 175, 192, 201–203 , 205, 217, 219, 255
  • sensibility38, 58, 132, 325
  • sentimentality191, 195
  • sociability14, 39, 129
  • social13, 15, 18, 20, 23, 38–39 , 60, 77, 85–86 , 93, 98, 113–114 , 116, 120, 122, 124, 127–129 , 131, 133, 137, 142, 144–145 , 157, 164, 168–169 , 181–182 , 189, 196, 204, 232, 234, 254, 256, 273–275 , 278, 280, 283, 293, 327–328 , 330
  • social class or status
    • aristocracy41, 182, 189, 196
    • bourgeoisie 75–76 , 79
    • elite4, 20, 33, 35, 39, 41, 70–71 , 120, 123, 176, 233, 279, 285, 327
    • gentlewomen283
    • gentry23
    • middling sort41
    • noblewomen7
    • pauper62
    • yeoman120
  • social rank
    • farmer120
    • husbandman100
    • labourer76
    • sailor332
    • servant282
  • societal18, 22, 132, 142, 144, 296, 330, 333, 336
  • societies
    • Humane Society66, 125, 252, 309–310
    • Medical Society of Edinburgh183
    • Medical Society of London183
    • Philanthropic Society293, 297
    • Royal Society of London26, 27
    • Society of Apothecaries22, 70
  • sociohistorical 1–2 , 4, 7, 12–13 , 17–18 , 22, 30, 32, 39, 41, 46, 49, 67, 73, 76–77 , 92, 94, 194
  • sociolinguistic12, 15, 18, 25, 91–92 , 109, 177, 195
  • sociopragmatic12, 18, 25, 29, 194
  • solidism37
  • speech act29, 129–130 , 133–139 , 141, 143–144 , 195, 335
    • accusation141, 143
    • advice6, 40, 53–54 , 56, 60, 64, 233
    • blessing106, 137
    • boasting195
    • compliment29, 133–135
    • flattery29
    • insult237
    • promise168
    • recommendation135, 143, 311
    • request106, 134–140 , 324, 374
    • thanking 136–137 , 139–141
  • spelling43, 84, 86, 154, 207–208
  • stancesee also attitude15, 100, 145, 150–153 , 156, 158–161 , 163–164 , 167–170
  • statistics3, 299, 312, 313
  • statistical5, 12, 15, 17, 21, 36, 46, 57–58 , 89, 92, 107, 111, 145, 157, 159, 169, 171, 181, 195, 206, 211–213 , 225–226 , 239, 251, 253, 257, 260
  • style16, 25–29 , 35, 44, 55, 57, 59, 92, 98–99 , 103, 132–133 , 139–142 , 172–176 , 184, 186, 193, 195–196 , 213, 219, 232, 235, 257–258 , 266–268 , 276, 291, 303, 323–324
  • superstition40, 71, 118
  • surgery24, 42, 54, 57, 65, 126, 207, 212, 281–282 , 289–290 , 299–303 , 305, 308, 319
  • Swiss233, 304, 325

T

  • technology71
  • technical24, 133, 239, 255, 258–259 , 269
  • temperance 75–76 , 191, 290
  • terminology133, 218, 224, 262, 278, 293–294
  • text strategy55, 189, 258, 266
  • textual3, 7, 15–16 , 19, 43, 68, 71–72 , 92, 145, 150–153 , 156–158 , 160–164 , 167–169 , 261, 265, 289, 326
  • therapy252, 254
  • therapeutic7, 37–39 , 44, 70, 77, 94, 104–106 , 168, 207, 245, 252, 259, 261–269 , 280, 292
  • thought style13, 17–19 , 26, 30, 43, 68–69 , 73, 89–90 , 95, 99, 107, 109–111 , 146, 173, 199, 203, 221, 238–239 , 287, 336
  • trade 21–22 , 39, 115, 237, 272, 274, 292
  • tradition17, 23, 29, 60, 71, 117, 132, 191, 195, 204–205 , 229, 244, 251, 269, 273, 278, 286, 308, 336
  • traditional 37–38 , 77, 82–83 , 93, 111, 118, 123–124 , 204, 232, 251, 257–258 , 272–273 , 279, 322, 336
  • translation71, 78, 80, 204, 213, 215, 218–219 , 237–238 , 247, 258–259 , 268, 277–278 , 285, 290, 304, 314, 331, 335–336 , 329
  • treatment13, 25, 58, 89, 91, 96, 98–100 , 103, 105, 109–111 , 123–124 , 127–128 , 166–167 , 169, 186, 234, 239, 245–246 , 248–249 , 251–252 , 260–263 , 267, 272, 275, 296, 300, 303, 308, 311
  • truth41, 106, 108, 126, 142–143 , 162, 184, 187, 190, 192, 253, 258–259 , 269
  • Turkish79, 189

U

  • urban13, 22, 38–39 , 85, 105–106 , 113, 115–116 , 128

V

  • variation1, 9, 15, 17, 22, 64, 109, 146, 154, 208, 216, 284, 325
  • vernacular13, 17, 22–24 , 33, 63, 71, 73, 77, 89, 122, 124, 199–201 , 204, 206, 213, 217, 223, 238, 268, 279
  • vernacularization 22–23 , 33, 71, 90, 195, 201

W

  • water15, 41, 51–58 , 64, 76, 102, 106–107 , 117, 162, 173, 179, 182–183 , 186–187 , 193–194 , 220, 246, 251–252 , 255–257 , 259–260 , 262-266 , 268, 291, 324–325
  • welfare13, 38–39 , 69, 142–143 , 146, 157–159 , 164, 168–169 , 197, 231, 286, 307, 310–311 , 315, 336
  • women15, 23, 25, 47, 52, 57, 60–61 , 120, 177, 196, 233–234 , 263, 271–275 , 277–278 , 282–283 , 313, 322, 330
  • wonder literature26, 41
  • world17, 20–21 , 24, 28, 33, 46, 52, 65–66 , 70–72 , 79, 126, 143–144 , 193, 204, 211, 235, 254, 258, 276, 282, 285, 299, 325, 327–328
  • worldwide2, 18
  • worldview36, 40, 70, 72, 118, 209