Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1. Evolution and Society: Setting the Scene 1
6. 2. Importing the New Morphology 25
7. 3. Reforming the Management of Medicine and Science: The Radical Perspective 101
8. 4. Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools 152
9. 5. Accommodation and Domestication: Dealing with Geoffroy's Anatomy 193
10. 6. Science under Siege: Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons 236
11. 7. Engaging the Lamarckians 276
12. 8. Embryology, Archetypes, and Idealism: New Directions in Comparative Anatomy 335
13. 9. Grasping the Nettle: Some Concluding Remarks 373
14. Afterword. Putting Darwin in the Picture 398
15. Appendix A. Comparative Anatomy Teachers in London in the 1830s 415
16. Appendix B. Biographical List of British Medical Men 417
17. Abbreviations 431
18. Bibliography 433
19. Index 467