Vampires and Medical Science

Vampires and doctors go together because their interests are the same--health, long life, illness and death. Doctors, medicine, and medical research are essential to vampire literature and its meaning and relevance. Without physicians, without medical progress, vampires would have remained simple Go...

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Published in:Journal of popular culture 2015-02, Vol.48 (1), p.168-183
Main Author: Hallab, Mary
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Death & dying
Folklore
Health
Illnesses
Life
Literature
Medical research
Medicine
Physicians
Popular culture
Science
Vampires
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Summary:Vampires and doctors go together because their interests are the same--health, long life, illness and death. Doctors, medicine, and medical research are essential to vampire literature and its meaning and relevance. Without physicians, without medical progress, vampires would have remained simple Gothic ogres stuck in a repetitious collection of traditional tales.
ISSN:0022-3840
1540-5931
DOI:10.1111/jpcu.12241