A Social History of Medicine: Health, Healing and Disease in England, 1750-1950

by Lane,Joan

• ISBN13: 9780415200387
• ISBN10: 0415200385
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-03-19
• Publisher: ROUTLEDGE

Summary

A Social History of Medicinetraces the development of medical practice over a period of enormous change, 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 midwifery and nursing * infections and how changes in science have affected disease control *contraception, war, and the NHS.A Social History of Medicine in Englandprovides an engaging introduction to the subject which will appeal to students and teachers alike.

Table of Contents

Illustrations and tables	vi
Preface	vii
Acknowledgement	ix
Introduction: medicine before the Industrial Revolution	1	(10)
Medical practitioners in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century England	11	(21)
Population and contraception	32	(12)
Medical care under the Old and the New Poor Law	44	(24)
Medical care provided by Friendly Societies	68	(14)
Hospitals and dispensaries	82	(14)
Asylums and prisons	96	(24)
Midwifery and nursing	120	(14)
Infections and disease control	134	(27)
The pharmaceutical industry	161	(8)
Medicine and war	169	(18)
The National Health Service	187	(14)
Conclusion	201	(2)
Further reading	203	(6)
Index of places	209	(6)
Index of medical names	215	(4)
Subject index	219