"In a beautifully written book, Wiltshire...carefully and sensitively analyzes Johnson's encounters with the medical world of eighteenth-century Britain, by combining close readings of his writings with the most recent scholarship in the history of medicine." ISIS

• Preface; A note on references; Introduction; 1. Johnson's medical history: facts and mysteries; 2. The practice of physic; 3. Transactions of the medical world; 4. Medicine as metaphor; 5. The history of a man of learning; 6. Dr Robert Levet; 7. Therapeutic friendship; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"In a beautifully written book, Wiltshire...carefully and sensitively analyzes Johnson's encounters with the medical world of eighteenth-century Britain, by combining close readings of his writings with the most recent scholarship in the history of medicine." ISIS

• Preface; A note on references; Introduction; 1. Johnson's medical history: facts and mysteries; 2. The practice of physic; 3. Transactions of the medical world; 4. Medicine as metaphor; 5. The history of a man of learning; 6. Dr Robert Levet; 7. Therapeutic friendship; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

"In a beautifully written book, Wiltshire...carefully and sensitively analyzes Johnson's encounters with the medical world of eighteenth-century Britain, by combining close readings of his writings with the most recent scholarship in the history of medicine." ISIS

• Preface; A note on references; Introduction; 1. Johnson's medical history: facts and mysteries; 2. The practice of physic; 3. Transactions of the medical world; 4. Medicine as metaphor; 5. The history of a man of learning; 6. Dr Robert Levet; 7. Therapeutic friendship; Notes; Bibliography; Index.