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Patient´s Progress: Sickness, Health and Medical Care, 1650-1850
Roy Porter
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Description for Patient´s Progress: Sickness, Health and Medical Care, 1650-1850
Hardback. Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This book examines the sick in Britain between 1650-1850, focusing on the personal and sociological bonds between patients and doctors, examining in particular the economic and ethical dimensions of this relationship. Series: Medicine & Society. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 590.
Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This outstanding new book examines what people did when they fell sick in Britain between 1650 - 1850. The authors investigate the well-established and flourishing tradition of self-medication, as practised by individuals, within the family and in the wider community. They look at what kinds of medical services could be obtained, both from the regular profession and among quacks and other healers. Above all they explore the personal and sociological bonds developed between patients and their doctors, examining in particular the economic and ethical dimensions of this privileged but ... Read more
Pre-modern society was overshadowed by illness and the threat of death. This outstanding new book examines what people did when they fell sick in Britain between 1650 - 1850. The authors investigate the well-established and flourishing tradition of self-medication, as practised by individuals, within the family and in the wider community. They look at what kinds of medical services could be obtained, both from the regular profession and among quacks and other healers. Above all they explore the personal and sociological bonds developed between patients and their doctors, examining in particular the economic and ethical dimensions of this privileged but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
Series
Medicine & Society
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745602516
SKU
V9780745602516
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About Roy Porter
Roy Porter is Professor of the History of Medicine at the Wellcome Institute. Both he and Dorothey Porter are currently working on a history of public health and a history of ideas of health and disease.
Reviews for Patient´s Progress: Sickness, Health and Medical Care, 1650-1850
'The Porters have written a very important work that helps balance the conventional physician-driven accounts of eighteenth-century medicine with a richly documented examination of the sick person's ideas about health ... Henceforth, no one writing on this subject will be able to ignore this key contribution.' Journal of Social History