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Download or read book Scientific and Medical Knowledge Production, 1796-1918 written by Rob Boddice and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume foregrounds humanity (in the sense of compassion or sympathy), which often supplied the motivation for medical experiment and scientific innovation. Though the results of experiments could not be known in advance, often the stated goal was the reduction of suffering, the cure of disease, or the easement of life. Increasingly, critics accused practitioners of hiding hubris behind their purported humanity and questioned whether an increasingly professional scientific community could retain its grip on the meaning of compassion.