Heart and science : a story of the present time

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Metadata

Title

Author

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Publisher

London : Chatto & Windus

Date

1885

Description

Publisher's advertisements (32 p.) appear after text, dated April, 1885.

In publisher's binding, paper covered boards; Athenaeum's copy lacks back cover.

This is one of Collins’s later novels, and it focusses on the medical and moral debate over vivisection. In the plot a family is split by different opinions on the practice. This also involves the love story of a young doctor, Ovid, for his orphaned cousin Carmina, who suffers from a chronic illness.

Format

x, 334 p. ; 18 cm.

Language

eng

Type

Publishers' paper bindings (Binding)

Yellowbacks

Publishers' advertisements 1885

Provenance

Athenaeum's copy stamped on t.p.: "Received Apr 20 1888 The Athenaeum."

Citation

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889, “Heart and science : a story of the present time,” Yellowbacks, accessed April 28, 2024, http://omeka.philaathenaeum.org/yellowbacks/items/show/300.