Midwives, Society and Childbirth

Debates and Controversies in the Modern Period

Edited by Hilary Marland, Anne Marie Rafferty

Midwives, Society and Childbirth is the first book to examine midwives' lives and work in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on a national and international...

Published July 10th 1997 by Routledge.

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Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe

Edited by Marijke Gijswit-Hofstra, Hilary Marland, Hans de Waardt

Despite the recent upsurge in interest in alternative medicine and unorthodox healers, Illness and Healing Alternatives in Western Europe is the first book to focus...

Published July 10th 1997 by Routledge.

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Migrants, Minorities & Health

Historical and Contemporary Studies

Edited by Lara Marks, Michael Worboys

Migrants, Minorities and Health explores the relations between medicine and the minorities in the twentieth century. The contributors present both historical and contemporary studies of...

Published April 17th 1997 by Routledge.

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The History of Medicine

By C.G. Cumston

Originally published between 1920-70,The History of Civilization was a landmark in early twentieth century publishing. It was published at a formative time within the social...

Published March 20th 1997 by Routledge.

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From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency

Historical Perspectives on People with Learning Disabilities

Edited by Anne Digby, David Wright

From Idiocy to Mental Deficiency is the first book devoted to the social history of people with learning disabilities in Britain. Approaches to learning disabilities...

Published October 10th 1996 by Routledge.

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Medicine in the Making of Modern Britain, 1700-1920

By Christopher Lawrence

Christopher Lawrence's critical overview of medicine's place in the development of modern Britain examines the significance of the clinical encounter in contemporary society.
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Published July 14th 1994 by Routledge.

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Philosophic Whigs

Medicine, Science and Citizenship in Edinburgh, 1789-1848

By Stephen Jacyna

Philosophic Whigs explores the links between scientific activity and politics in the early nineteenth century. Through a study of the Edinburgh medical school, L.S. Jacyna...

Published April 7th 1994 by Routledge.

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Medicine and Charity Before the Welfare State

Edited by Jonathan Barry, Colin Jones

What have been the roles of charities and the state in supporting medical provision? Far from being of only historical interest, these are issues of...

Published March 10th 1994 by Routledge.

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Sophia Jex-Blake

A Woman Pioneer in Nineteenth Century Medical Reform

By Shirley Roberts

Sophia Jex-Blake led the campaign that won for British women the right to enter the medical profession. Before taking up this cause she had studied...

Published October 21st 1993 by Routledge.

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Taking Charge

Nursing, Suffrage, and Feminism in America, 1873-1920

By Sandra B. Lewenson

Published October 1st 1993 by Routledge.

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