The Making of the English Patient: A Guide to Sources for the Social History of Medicine

by Lane, Joan

• ISBN13: 9780750921459
• ISBN10: 0750921455
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Summary

This book is a collection of original sources for studying the social history of medicine in England from around 1700 to the end of the 19th century. The sources illustrate the main themes in the relationship of medicine to society, especially from the patient's viewpoint. The extracts from diaries, accounts and correspondence include material from record offices and private owners. Material is included from all the English counties and London, as well as national surveys. Topics covered include medical practice and practitioners; nurses and midwives; patients' own accounts of illness; diseases and treatments; mortality; institutions; charities; and the welfare state. Each section has an introduction to the topic, followed by the extracts and suggestions for further reading. A general introduction discusses the sources, where they are to be found, recent research and how to interpret the material.

Author Biography

Joan Lane is Senior Teaching Fellow in modern British, local and medical history at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Introduction	xiii
Medical Apprenticeship and Training	1	(30)
Nurses and Midwives	31	(12)
Patients' own Accounts of Illness	43	(16)
Expectation of Life	59	(16)
Diseases	75	(17)
Practitioners' own Records	92	(24)
Hospitals, Lunatic Asylums and Prisons	116	(33)
Charities, Dispensaries and Friendly Socities	149	(16)
Pauper Patients	165	(14)
Medical Portraits and Memorials	179	(8)
Credits	187	(2)
Select Bibliography and Further Reading	189	(3)
Index of Names	192	(4)
Index of Places	196	(4)
Index of Topics	200