title: Jane Austen (1775-1817) and the cultural history of health.
abstract: This paper provides a review of some aspects of the life and novels of Jane Austen that have particular bearing on her approach to issues of sickness and health. It is based on a Keynote Lecture given at the Annual Congress of the British Society for the History of Medicine on 1 September 2011 at the University of Surrey.
authors.affiliation: University of Reading, UK m.d.biddiss@reading.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biddiss
mesh_terms: D015709:Correspondence as Topic / Q000266:history; D005197:Famous Persons; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008093:Literature, Modern / Q000266:history*; D008513:Medicine in Literature
keywords: Emma; Jane Austen; Persuasion; Sanditon; Sense and Sensibility