A Social History of Medicine Health, Healing and Disease in England, 17501950

<P><EM>A Social History of Medicine</EM> traces the development of medical practice from the Industrial Revolution right through to the twentieth century.</P><P>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. </P><P>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:</P><P>* institutions such as hospitals, dispensaries, asylums and prisons<BR>* midwifery and nursing<BR>* infections and how changes in science have affected disease control<BR>* contraception, war, and the NHS.</P>