A Visual Dictionary Of Victorian Life
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Author | : Bobbie Kalman |
Publisher | : Crabtree Visual Dictionaries |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780778735076 |
Learn all about Victorian times in this illustrated dictonary from Crabtree Publishing.
Author | : Lee Jackson |
Publisher | : Anthem Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 2006-08-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1843312301 |
A wonderful A–Z of the fascinating world of Victorian London, full of amazing facts and curious humour.
Author | : Bobbie Kalman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-08 |
Genre | : Canada |
ISBN | : 9780778735274 |
Author | : Mary Wilson Carpenter |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2009-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 031306542X |
This work offers a social and cultural history of Victorian medicine "from below," as experienced by ordinary practitioners and patients, often described in their own words. Health, Medicine, and Society in Victorian England is a human story of medicine in 19th-century England. It's a story of how a diverse and competitive assortment of apothecary apprentices, surgeons who learned their trade by doing, and physicians schooled in ancient Greek medicine but lacking in any actual experience with patients, was gradually formed into a medical profession with uniform standards of education and qualification. It's a story of how medical men struggled with "new" diseases such as cholera and "old" ones known for centuries, such as tuberculosis, syphilis, and smallpox, largely in the absence of effective drugs or treatments, and so were often reduced to standing helplessly by as their patients died. It's a story of how surgeons, empowered first by anesthesia and later by antiseptic technique, vastly expanded the field of surgery—sometimes with major benefits for patients, but sometimes with disastrous results. Above all, it's a story of how gender and class ideology dominated both practitioners and patients. Women were stridently excluded from medical education and practice of any kind until the end of the century, but were hailed into the new field of nursing, which was felt to be "natural" to the gentler sex. Only the poor were admitted to hospitals until the last decades of the century, and while they often received compassionate care, they were also treated as "cases" of disease and experimented upon with freedom. Yet because medical knowledge was growing by leaps and bounds, Victorians were fascinated with this new field and wrote novels, poetry, essays, letters, and diaries, which illuminate their experience of health and disease for us. Newly developed techniques of photography, as well as improved print illustrations, help us to picture this fascinating world. This vivid history of Victorian medicine is enriched with many literary examples and visual images drawn from the period.
Author | : Mandy Kirkby |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 2011-09-20 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 0345532864 |
“A flower is not a flower alone; a thousand thoughts invest it.” Daffodils signal new beginnings, daisies innocence. Lilacs mean the first emotions of love, periwinkles tender recollection. Early Victorians used flowers as a way to express their feelings—love or grief, jealousy or devotion. Now, modern-day romantics are enjoying a resurgence of this bygone custom, and this book will share the historical, literary, and cultural significance of flowers with a whole new generation. With lavish illustrations, a dual dictionary of flora and meanings, and suggestions for creating expressive arrangements, this keepsake is the perfect compendium for everyone who has ever given or received a bouquet.
Author | : J Redding Ware |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 2020-06-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789354029905 |
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Author | : John M. Carrera |
Publisher | : Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 2013-05-21 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1452100837 |
Featuring over 1,500 engravings that originally graced the pages of Webster's dictionaries in the 19th century, this volume is an irresistible treasure trove for art lovers, designers, and anyone with an interest in visual history. Meticulously cleaned and restored by fine-press bookmaker Johnny Carrera, the engravings in Pictorial Webster's have been compiled into an alluring and unusual visual reference guide for the modern day. Images range from the entirely mysterious to the classically iconic. From Acorns to Zebras, Bell Jars to Velocipedes, these alphabetically arranged archetypes and curiosities create enigmatic juxtapositions and illustrate the items deemed important to the Victorian mind. Sure to inspire and delight, Pictorial Webster's is at once a fascinating historical record and a stunning jewel of a book.
Author | : Rachel Carley |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997-03-15 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780805045635 |
Visual presentation of the many types of houses built in America from the earliest Indian dwellings to designs for futuristic homes.
Author | : Mark Wigan |
Publisher | : AVA Publishing |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2009-06-18 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 2940373906 |
A revealing guide to the numerous terms associated with the art of illustration. The book has been designed for art students, aspiring and professional illustrators and all those interested in this constantly evolving discipline.--Publisher.
Author | : Antique Collectors' Club |
Publisher | : Antique Collectors Club Dist |
Total Pages | : 638 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
Includes biographies of designers and information on design tools.