Book contents
- Walt Whitman in Context
- Walt Whitman in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Locations
- Part II Literary and Artistic Contexts
- Part III Cultural and Political Contexts
- Chapter 19 Transcendentalism
- Chapter 20 Philosophy
- Chapter 21 Bohemianism
- Chapter 22 Gender
- Chapter 23 Sexuality
- Chapter 24 Politics
- Chapter 25 Imperialism and Globalization
- Chapter 26 Nineteenth-Century Religion
- Chapter 27 Civil War
- Chapter 28 Reconstruction
- Chapter 29 Death and Mourning
- Chapter 30 Slavery and Abolition
- Chapter 31 Native American and Immigrant Cultures
- Chapter 32 The Rank and File
- Chapter 33 Romanticism
- Chapter 34 The Natural World
- Chapter 35 Science and Medicine
- Part IV Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 35 - Science and Medicine
from Part III - Cultural and Political Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2018
- Walt Whitman in Context
- Walt Whitman in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Locations
- Part II Literary and Artistic Contexts
- Part III Cultural and Political Contexts
- Chapter 19 Transcendentalism
- Chapter 20 Philosophy
- Chapter 21 Bohemianism
- Chapter 22 Gender
- Chapter 23 Sexuality
- Chapter 24 Politics
- Chapter 25 Imperialism and Globalization
- Chapter 26 Nineteenth-Century Religion
- Chapter 27 Civil War
- Chapter 28 Reconstruction
- Chapter 29 Death and Mourning
- Chapter 30 Slavery and Abolition
- Chapter 31 Native American and Immigrant Cultures
- Chapter 32 The Rank and File
- Chapter 33 Romanticism
- Chapter 34 The Natural World
- Chapter 35 Science and Medicine
- Part IV Reception and Legacy
- Further Reading
- Index
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- Walt Whitman in Context , pp. 347 - 358Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2018