01145nas a2200121   4500008004100000022001400041245009400055210006900149300000900218520070800227100002200935856006600957       2017                        eng d  a1041-354500aBodies in Genres of Practice: Johann Ulrich Bilguer’s Fight to Reduce Field Amputations0 aBodies in Genres of Practice Johann Ulrich Bilguer s Fight to Re  a1-193 a<p>This paper examines Johann Ulrich Bilguer’s 1761 dissertation on the inutility ofamputation practices, examining reasons for its influence despite its nonconformance to genreexpectations. I argue that Bilguer’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’s wide impact. Ultimately, the dissertation offers an example of affectiverhetorics employed during the Enlightenment, demonstrating how bodies and environments—those Bambient rhetorics^ made visible in a text—can contribute to an analysis of genredeviations and widen the scope of genre studies.</p>
1 aGruber, David, R.  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10912-017-9492-y