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Rabies in Britain: Dogs, Disease and Culture, 1830-2000 (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History) - Hardcover

Neil Pemberton; Michael Worboys

 
9780230542402: Rabies in Britain: Dogs, Disease and Culture, 1830-2000 (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0230542409 ISBN 13: 9780230542402
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

Synopsis

Rabies was a constant threat in Victorian Britain and gripped popular imagination, not least because its human form, hydrophobia, produced a vile death with the mind and body out of control. This book explores the changing understanding of rabies amongst veterinarians, animal welfare campaigners, state officials, politicians and the public.

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About the Author

NEIL PEMBERTON is a Research Associate in the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine and Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK. He works on the history of deaf education and deaf people in Victorian England. He is currently writing a book on the history of noise in the Twentieth century.

MICHAEL WORBOYS is Director of the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine and Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK. He has worked on the history of science and imperialism, tropical medicine, and bacteriology. His recent publications include Spreading Germs: Disease Theories and Medical Practice in Britain, 1865-2000 and, with Sanjoy Bhattacharya and Mark Harrison, Fractured States: Smallpox, Public Health and Vaccination Policy in British India, 1800-1947.

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0230542409
ISBN 13 
9780230542402
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
257