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Medicine in Modern Britain 17801950 provides an introduction to the development of medicine scientific and heterodox, domestic and professional in Britain from the end of the early modern period and through modern times. Divided thematically, each chapter within this book addresses a different aspect of medicine, covering diseases, ideas, practices, institutions, practitioners and the state.

This book centres on an era of rapid and profound change in medicine and gives students all they need to establish a solid understanding of the history of medicine in Britain, by offering a clear and coherent narrative of the changes and continuities in medicine, including names, dates, events and ideas. Each aspect of medicine discussed within the book is explored and contextualised, providing an overview of the wider social and political background that surrounded them. The chapters are followed by a documents section, containing important primary sources to encourage students to engage with original material.

With a selection of images, tables, a whos who of all the key people discussed and a glossary of terms, Medicine in Modern Britain 17801950 is essential reading for all students of the history of medicine in Britian.

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Medicine in Modern Britain 17801950 provides an introduction to the development of medicine scientific and heterodox, domestic and professional in Britain from the end of the early modern period and through modern times. Divided thematically, each chapter within this book addresses a different aspect of medicine, covering diseases, ideas, practices, institutions, practitioners and the state.
This book centres on an era of rapid and profound change in medicine and gives students all they need to establish a solid understanding of the history of medicine in Britain, by offering a clear and coherent narrative of the changes and continuities in medicine, including names, dates, events and ideas. Each aspect of medicine discussed within the book is explored and contextualised, providing an overview of the wider social and political background that surrounded them. The chapters are followed by a documents section, containing important primary sources to encourage students to engage with original material.
With a selection of images, tables, a whos who of all the key people discussed and a glossary of terms, Medicine in Modern Britain 17801950 is essential reading for all students of the history of medicine in Britain.
Deborah Brunton was a senior lecturer in the History of Medicine at The Open University. Her previous publications include Health and Wellness in the Nineteenth Century (2014), The Politics of Vaccination. Practice and Policy in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, 18001874 (2008) , Medicine Transformed: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 18001930 (2004) and Health, Disease and Society in Europe 18001930: A Sourcebook (2004) .
Introduction to the series
History is the narrative constructed by historians from traces left by the past. Historical enquiry is often driven by contemporary issues and, in consequence, historical narratives are constantly reconsidered, reconstructed and reshaped. The fact that different historians have different perspectives on issues means that there is often controversy and no universally agreed version of past events. Seminar Studies was designed to bridge the gap between current research and debate, and the broad, popular general surveys that often date rapidly.
The volumes in the series are written by historians who are not only familiar with the latest research and current debates concerning their topic, but who have themselves contributed to our understanding of the subject. The books are intended to provide the reader with a clear introduction to a major topic in history. They provide both a narrative of events and a critical analysis of contemporary interpretations. They include the kinds of tools generally omitted from specialist monographs: a chronology of events, a glossary of terms and brief biographies of whos who. They also include bibliographical essays in order to guide students to the literature on various aspects of the subject. Students and teachers alike will find that the selection of documents will stimulate the discussion and offer insight into the raw materials used by historians in their attempt to understand the past.
Clive Emsley and Gordon Martel
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Medicine in Modern Britain 1780-1950
Deborah Brunton
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Names: Brunton, Deborah, author.
Title: Medicine in Modern Britain 1780-1950 / Deborah Brunton.
Description: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY:
Routledge, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018003943| ISBN 9781138784222
(hbk: alk. paper) | ISBN 9781138784239 (pbk: alk. paper) |
ISBN 9780429488504 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: MedicineGreat BritainHistory18th-20th centuries.
Classification: LCC R486 .B78 2018 | DDC 610.941dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018003943
ISBN: 978-1-138-78422-2 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-78423-9 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-0-429-48850-4 (ebk)
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  • 1782 Founding of York Retreat, an asylum which pioneered moral therapy.
  • 1793 Publication of Matthew Baillie's Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.
  • 1808 Passing of Lunacy Act allowing, for the first time, the use of local rates to fund asylums for the poor.
  • 1809 First operation to remove a cyst on the ovary. At this time, operations on abdominal organs were risky and rarely carried out.
  • 1815 Apothecaries' Act sets minimum requirements for licensing in line with changes in medical education.
  • 1816 Rene Laennec invents the stethoscope, which allowed better diagnosis of lung and heart diseases.
  • 1823 Founding of The Lancet, campaigning medical journal, by Thomas Wakley.
  • 1828 First British teaching post in pathological anatomy established at University College London.
  • 1832 Anatomy Act allows medical schools to use the bodies of paupers for dissection.
  • 1832 Founding of Provincial Medical and Surgical Association, the first national medical society.
  • 1832-32 First cholera epidemic in Britain prompts the creation of Central and local Boards of Health.
  • 1835 New Poor Law Act passed for England and Wales, reorganising relief around workhouses.
  • 1837 Founding of Registrar-general's office for England and Wales. The equivalent agencies for Scotland and Ireland were founded in 1854 and 1864.
  • 1838 Irish Poor Law Act passed.
  • 1842 Publication of Edwin Chadwick's Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population.
  • 1845 Poor Law Act for Scotland passed.
  • 1845-49 The Great Famine in Ireland, caused by repeated failures of the potato crop, which caused over a million deaths and high levels of disease.
  • 1847 Both ether and chloroform first used as surgical anaesthetics. Chloroform was more generally used in Britain.
  • 1848 First Public Health Act for England and Wales, and the establishment of the General Board of Health, the first central government agency dedicated to medical matters.
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