Synopsis
A sharp, character-driven tale about science, ambition, and the pull between discovery and compassion.
Priests of Progress follows a circle of medical students and doctors as they chase careers, reputation, and breakthroughs. Set against debates over vivisection and medical ethics, the story tracks friendships, rivalries, and the tension between personal ambition and the wider good. A central thread follows Judith Home, who launches an international league to promote humane science, while a younger generation tests ideas about love, duty, and what progress should mean.
- Step into the world of medical students who become doctors and consultants, weighing risk, reward, and responsibility.
- Watch debates unfold over science, ethics, and the meaning of progress in medicine.
- See how one woman’s humane vision sparks a movement and reshapes the lives around her.
- Explore how ambition, doubt, and loyalty collide in a pursuit of truth and better care.
Ideal for readers who enjoy thoughtful fiction about science, ethics, and the people who drive change.
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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Priests of Progress (Classic Reprint)
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book is a narrative exploration of Victorian medicine. The author draws on real-life characters and medical controversies. It deals with the tension between scientific advance and moral responsibility, the need for progress, and the dangers of recklessness. The narrative follows three young men who, newly qualified, must make their way in the medical profession. Each man has his own approach to the ethical dilemmas of the profession they have joined, and each must discover how far they are prepared to compromise. At the heart of the narrative is the story of a dog who escapes from hospital with a tube in his throat after an experiment. The book explores the moral and practical arguments for and against vivisection, and asks wider questions about the relationship between animals and humans, the nature of suffering, and the point at which the pursuit of knowledge becomes morally dubious. It also reveals the authorâs own ambivalent feelings about the path that medical science was beginning to take. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781334238260_0
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Priests of Progress Classic Reprint
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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781334238260
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Priests of Progress Classic Reprint
Vendeur : PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, Royaume-Uni
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PAP. Etat : New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000. N° de réf. du vendeur LW-9781334238260
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