@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 = {

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.

}, 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.} }