The Emergence of Medical Specialization in the Nineteenth Century
@article{Weisz2003TheEO, title={The Emergence of Medical Specialization in the Nineteenth Century}, author={George Weisz}, journal={Bulletin of the History of Medicine}, year={2003}, volume={77}, pages={536 - 574} }
This essay reexamines the nineteenth-century origins of medical specialization. It suggests that by the 1880s, specialization had become perceived as a necessity of medical science as a result of the realization of two preconditions: First, a new collective desire to expand medical knowledge prompted clinical researchers to specialize; only specialization, it was believed, permitted the rigorous observation of many cases. Second, administrative rationality suggested that one could best manage…
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