Dr. John Moore, 17291802 A Life in Medicine, Travel, and Revolution [Hardcover]

Nominally, a biography attempts to provide an account of a particular chosen life. However, in adroit hands it can also illumine the surroundings of its subject, detailing a life lived within the wider contexts of a vibrant and vital world. Such an example may be found in Henry L Fultons book: as well as describing John Moore from cradle to grave, it provides an in-depth and fascinating portrait of the multifarious spheres  professional, personal, cultural, political  Moore inhabited. . . .This book, substantial and substantive, will stand as the definitive version on its subject for many decades. . . .[I]n the biography of John Moore, the richness and variety of a life lived through a wide variety of intellectual and cultural pursuits is demonstrated. Henry L Fulton should be commended in producing not only a work of considerable scholarly learning, but also for providing a readable account of this heterogeneous and fascinating figure.Henry L. Fulton has spent decades engaged in this task, and it shows, not only in the heft of the book, but in the depth and breadth of the coverage. . . .Medicine is a case in point.Dr. John Moore is a rich, comprehensive biography that is not only sure to be the definitive life of its subject but also a work of great interest to scholars in many different fields, including medicine.Fultons biography assembles the pieces of Moores life with admirable clarity and depth, offering extensive analyses of its various phases; throughout the biography, one finds many intriguing portrayals of Moore and his milieus based on primary research and the authors extensive knowledge of his subject.... Fultons detailed and shrewd biography provides much insight not only into Moores eventful life but also offers commentary on the tumultuous periods during which he was active in literature and political affairs.... Fulton has indeed succeeded in bringing the life and work of Dr. John Moore back to light; this biography is a major work in the fielÃ