The Enigma of Semmelweis—an Interpretation

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‘Genius was priceless, beneficent, divine, but also was, at its hours, capricious, sinister, cruel; and natures ridden by it, accordingly, were alternately very enviable, and very helpless.’ Henry James, Roderick Hudson

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Decadence, Literature, and Society Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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Published in: Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Volume XXXIV, Issue 3, pp. 255-272

DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/xxxiv.3.255

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The Enigma of Semmelweis—an Interpretation

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