Galdos and Medicine

Benito Perez Galdos is revered as Spain's greatest nineteenth-century author. This book is the first detailed study of the medicine that appears in his work. It analyses the sources available to Galdos's network, issues such as epidemic disease, madness and children's diseases, and the significance of Galdos's depictions of disease and of doctors.

• | By (Author): Michael Stannard (Author)
• | Publisher: Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
• | Publication Date: Mar 17, 2015
• | Country of Publication: Switzerland
• | Number of Pages: 230 pages
• | Language: NULL
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-10: 3034318251
• | ISBN-13: 9783034318259