King, Steven,  1966- <br/><br/>
Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834 /Steven King. 

 - Manchester, Michigan :  Oxford University Press,  (c)2018. 
 - 1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages) :  maps (black and white) 
 - Social histories of medicine .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Front matter; Dedication; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Part I Locating sickness and medical welfare; The ecology of poor relief; Defining and measuring; Negotiating medical welfare; Part II The scale and character of medical welfare; Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview; Medical people; Wider medical welfare; Dying, being buried and leaving people behind; Part III Parochial medical welfare in context; Institutions and the sick poor; The medical economy of makeshifts; Making sense of diversity; Appendix; Bibliography; Index 
<br/><br/> This book explores the medical world of the poor and the Old Poor Law in the period 1750-1834. Encountering the sick poor in their own words and everyday situations, I offer a new and more positive view of English welfare. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781526129017 9781526129024 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB882060  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>018853749  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Poor--Medical care--History--England--18th century.<br/>Poor--Medical care--History--England--19th century.<br/>Medicine--History--18th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA418  / .S535 2018