![]() | A Social History of Medicine: Health, Healing and Disease in England, 1750-1950 Subjects: Health and Welfare; Gender and Sexuality; Family and Demography; Agencies and Institutions; Class and Work; Recreation and Consumption; Humanities; Morbidity and Disease; Medical Care; Sex; Births; Local State; Welfare; Poverty; Drugs; History; Birth Control; Abortion; Fertility and Birth rates; Poor law; Friendly Societies; Hospitals; Asylums; Workhouses; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Vaccination; British History; History of Medicine; Social & Cultural History; A Social History of Medicine traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution right through to the twentieth century. Drawing on a wide range of source material, it charts the changing relationship between patients and practitioners over this period, exploring the impact made by institutional care, government intervention and scientific discovery. The study illuminates the extent to which medical assistance really was available to patients over the period, by focusing on provincial areas and using local sources. It introduces a variety of contemporary medical practitioners, some of them hitherto unknown and with fascinating intricate details of their work. The text offers an extensive thematic survey, including coverage of: * institutions such as hospitals, dispensaries, asylums and prisons Joan Lane |
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