Disease, medicine, and society in England, 1550-1860:

In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter examines the impact of disease upon the English and their responses to it before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care. Professor Porter incorporates into the revised second edition new perspectives offered by recent researc...

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Beteilige Person: Porter, Roy 1946-2002 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch Tagungsbericht E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1995
Ausgabe:Second edition
Schriftenreihe:New studies in economic and social history 3
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511608117
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511608117
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511608117
Zusammenfassung:In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter examines the impact of disease upon the English and their responses to it before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care. Professor Porter incorporates into the revised second edition new perspectives offered by recent research into provincial medical history, the history of childbirth, and women's studies in the social history of medicine. He begins by sketching a picture of the threats posed by disease to population levels and social continuity from Tudor times to the Industrial Revolution, going on to consider the nature and development of the medical profession, attitudes to doctors and disease, and the growing commitment of the state to public health. Drawing together a wide range of often fragmentary material, and providing a detailed annotated bibliography, this book is an important guide to the history of medicine and to English social history
Beschreibung:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Umfang:1 online resource (v, 78 pages)
ISBN:9780511608117
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511608117