Making Medicine Scientific: John Burdon Sanderson and the Culture of Victorian Science

A biography of the English physician and scientist and a history of the advancement of science in the Victorian era.

In Victorian Britain, scientific medicine encompassed an array of activities, from laboratory research and the use of medical technologies through the implementation of sanitary measures that drained canals and prevented the adulteration of milk and bread. Although most practitioners supported scientific medicine, controversies arose over where decisions should be made, in...