Machine derived contents note: List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Evolution and Society: Setting the Scene -- 2. Importing the New Morphology -- 3. Reforming the Management of Medicine and Science: The Radical Perspective -- 4. Nonconformist Anatomy in the Private Schools -- 5. Accommodation and Domestication: Dealing with Geoffroy's Anatomy -- 6. Science under Siege: Forging an Idealist Comparative Anatomy at the College of Surgeons -- 7. Engaging the Lamarckians -- 8. Embryology, Archetypes, and Idealism: New Directions in Comparative Anatomy -- 9. Grasping the Nettle: Some Concluding Remarks -- Afterword: Putting Darwin in the Picture -- Appendix A: Comparative Anatomy Teachers in London in the 1830s -- Appendix B: Biographical List of British Medical Men -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index
