Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834 /Steven King.
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TextSeries: Publication details: Manchester, Michigan : Oxford University Press, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages) : maps (black and white)Content type: - text
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- 9781526129017
- 9781526129024
- RA418 .S535 2018
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Includes bibliographies and index.
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
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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