Nick Jewson Theory

The establishment of Nick Jewson’s paper about the disappearance of the sick-man from the medical cosmology is one of the most important papers in the medical field. In Jewson’s paper, he claimed that there is a transformation in medical cosmology from the 18th century to the 19th century, which causes the disappearance of sick-man (Jewson, 2009). Jewson’s paper is an important contribution in the medical field. This paper will be concerned about the contributions of Jewson’s model. I will do this by first, reviewing on Jewson’s thesis and then providing my points about his contributions. According to Jewson, there are three types of cosmology used during the 18th and 19th century, mainly the Bedside Medicine, Hospital Medicine and Laboratory

One of the contributions is that people in modern days are able to understand more about the history of medicine. The Jewson’s paper clearly listed out the changes and transformation of the medical cosmologies. It indicates the evolution in the medical field throughout the centuries and also those who have contributed in the medical field such as the Hippocrates, who had contributed in the Bedside Medicine (Bynum, 2008). This helps us to be able to understand the development of the medicine and link the cosmologies in olden days to the modern era in medicine. The way Jewson describes instead of just being an idea or notion, the sick-man is also a symbol that shows the relationship between the medical investigators and the way they treat their patients (Prior, 2009). The Jewson’s thesis presents the connection between the transformation in the olden days and the development of the medicine which are available in the current years. It could help researchers to trace back whether a particular treatment is created in which era and whether the treatment is reliable or not. The development of methodologies in the history of science and sociology of knowledge are equally sounded in Jewson’s presentation on the medical knowledge, practices and politics (Pickstone, 2009). Therefore, I believe that Jewson’s paper is an important source for people who would want to know about the history

During the transformation of the medical cosmologies, as the voice of the patients became less important, the doctors or medical investigators started to ignore about moral ethics or social responsibilities. During the era of Laboratory Medicine, doctors and medical investigators treat the sickness based on the particular cell instead of looking the patients’ body system (Jewson, 2009). They focus more on the cell that is related to the sickness and hope that they could discover new things that could help them attract sponsorship. During the implication of Hospital Medicine, medical investigators would disclose their discoveries in order to attract the attention of sponsors, unlike during the era of Bedside Medicine when discoveries were confidential (Jewson, 2009). This action is considered unethical towards the patients. Therefore, in order to prevent unethical behaviour among the doctors, solutions are carried out in modern days. For example, the Graduate Australian Medical School Admission Test (GAMSAT) contains one section that is tested on the reasoning in humanities and social science (GAMSAT, 2014). This is to emphasis on the thinking, logical and plausible reasoning and thus could show the suitability of a person in being a doctor. The Patients’ Right Act established to also ensure that the patients’