Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550-1860 (Revised)

Author/Contributor(s):	Porter, Roy
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Date:	09/14/1995
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter assesses the impact of disease on the English before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care, incorporating into the revised edition new perspectives offered by recent research. He examines the medical profession, attitudes to doctors and disease, and the development of state involvement in public health. Drawing together much fragmentary material and providing a detailed bibliography, this book is an important guide to the history of medicine and to English social history.