@article {1742,
	title = {Bodies in Genres of Practice: Johann Ulrich Bilguer{\textquoteright}s Fight to Reduce Field Amputations},
	journal = {Journal of Medical Humanities},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {1-19},
	abstract = {<p>This paper examines Johann Ulrich Bilguer{\textquoteright}s 1761 dissertation on the inutility ofamputation practices, examining reasons for its influence despite its nonconformance to genreexpectations. I argue that Bilguer{\textquoteright}s narratives of patient suffering, his rhetorical likening ofsurgeons to soldiers, and his attention to the horrific experiences of war surgeons all contributeto the dissertation{\textquoteright}s wide impact. Ultimately, the dissertation offers an example of affectiverhetorics employed during the Enlightenment, demonstrating how bodies and environments{\textemdash}those Bambient rhetorics^ made visible in a text{\textemdash}can contribute to an analysis of genredeviations and widen the scope of genre studies.</p>
},
	issn = {1041-3545},
	doi = {10.1007/s10912-017-9492-y},
	url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007\%2Fs10912-017-9492-y},
	author = {Gruber, David R.}
}
