A social history of medicine : health, healing and disease in England, 1750-1950 / Joan Lane.
Pubblicazione:
London : Rutledge, 2001.
Descrizione fisica:
IX, 233 p. : ritr. ; 24 cm
Contiene:
Indice: Illustrations and tables. Preface. Acknowledgement. Introduction: medicine before the industrial revolution. 1. Medical practitioners in eighteenth and nineteenth-century England 2. Population and contraception 3. Medical care under the old and the new poor law 4. Medical care provided by friendly societies 5. Hospitals and dispensaries 6. Asylums and prisons 7. Midwifery and nursing 8. Infections and disease control 9. The pharmaceutical industry 10. Medicine and war 11. The National health service. Conclusion. Further reading. Index of places. Index of medical names. Subject index
ISBN:
0415200377
Discipline:
Medicina--Ospedali e assistenza sociale e sanitaria.
