Medical Progress and Social Reality: A Reader in Nineteenth-Century Medicine and Literature -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: From Speculation to Science -- Humoral Medicine -- Cadavers and Instruments -- Germ Theory -- Antisepsis, Asepsis, and Anesthesia -- Sociological Changes -- 1. An Introduction to the Ethical Basisof Medical Practice: The Hippocratic Oath and Its Successors -- The Hippocratic Oath -- The Christian Hippocratic Oath -- American Medical Association's 1847: Code of Ethics -- American Medical Association's 1980: Principles of Medical Ethics -- 2. An Old Style Doctor: An Introduction to Selections from Anthony Trollope's Dr. Thorne -- Dr. Thorne: Anthony Trollope -- Lady Arabella, a Patient in Two Minds -- Sir Roger, a Cantakerous Patient -- Dr. Fillgrave, a Rival -- Sir Roger's Appeal to Dr. Thorne -- 3. The Cult of Pathology: An Introduction to Selections from Eugène Sue's Les Mystères de Paris -- Death in the Hospital -- Dr. Griffon -- Rounds -- 4. Blood-Letting and Septic Surgery: An Introduction to Selections from Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary -- A Broken Leg -- Settling into Practice -- A Blood-Letting -- Surgery -- 5. Germs, Drugs, Diagnoses,and Cadavers: An Introduction to Selections fromGeorge Eliot's Middlemarch -- A Conflict of Opinions -- The New Hospital -- Lydgate's Ideals -- A Case of Typhoid Fever -- Dispensing of Drugs -- Abdominal Cramps and Pneumonia -- Facing the Truth -- Gathering Opposition -- 6. The Laboratory and Its Products: An Introduction to Selections from Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde -- The Delinquent Mr. Hyde and His Check -- Visits to Dr. Jekyll -- Crying Out for the Drug -- Dr. Jekyll's Experiments -- Dr. Jekyll's Confession -- 7. Advances toward More Scientific Practice: An Introduction to Selections from Sinclair Lewis's Arrowsmith -- Doc Vickerson's Office.

Arrowsmith's Office in Wheatsylvania -- How to Obtain Honor and Riches -- A Case of Diphtheria -- Telephone and Car -- Plague -- 8. Emergency: An Introduction to Mikhail Bulgakov's "The Steel Windpipe" -- "The Steel Windpipe" -- 9. Telling the Truth: An Introduction to Selections from Thomas Mann's Buddenbrooks -- Indigestion -- Pneumonia -- Stroke -- 10. A Poor Woman's Plight: An Introduction to Selections from George Moore's Esther Waters -- Gaining Admission to Hospital -- Giving Birth -- 11. Hands-on Medical Training: An Introduction to Selections from Somerset Maugham's Of Human Bondage -- The Medical Students -- The Outpatient Clinic -- 12. A Woman Doctor?: An Introduction to Selections from Sarah Orne Jewett's A Country Doctor -- Enter Dr. Leslie -- Practical Men versus Theorists -- Nan, the Young"Assistant and Attendant" -- "A Proper Vocation for Women"? -- Risking a Woman's Happiness? -- "A Silly Notion"? -- Another Voice of Opposition -- Setting a Dislocated Shoulder -- 13. A Shocking Discovery!: An Introduction to Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Doctors of Hoyland" -- "The Doctors of Hoyland" -- 14. Starting Up in Practice: An Introduction to Selections from Daniel W. Cathell's Book on the Physician Himself -- Too Many Doctors -- The Office -- How to Dress -- Affability -- Dignity -- Limitation of Practice -- Collecting Fees -- Further Historical and Literary Readings -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- X -- Z.