Member Profile
Name:
Dr Gordon Bates
Institution:
Birkbeck
Academic status:
Student
Main discipline:
Medical Humanities
Additional disciplines:
Cultural Studies
Literary Studies
Literary Studies
Other societies:
Association for Medical Humanities
Research interests:
My PhD research looks at the rise of medical hypnotism in the late Victorian era. I am looking at medical journals, novels and literary periodical examining the reasons which made it acceptable to both medics and the lay public.
I have wider interests in the relationship between medicine and culture.
I have wider interests in the relationship between medicine and culture.