On the wards of St Bartholomew’s, Guy’s, or other London hospitals in the nineteenth century, house physicians working or medical clerks studying medicine likely encountered bulky casebooks – which have survived to the present day in the...
This article proposes a case study on the influence that paper – here meant as a knowledge carrier or knowledge tool – can have on concrete artisanal practices. Focusing on literate mine surveyors, it discusses how the written medium gradually...