Charitable Knowledge: Hospital Pupils and Practitioners in Eighteenth-Century London

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Series)

by Colin Jones, Charles Rosenberg, Susan C. Lawrence

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Charitable Knowledge explores the interconnections among medical teaching, medical knowledge and medical authority in eighteenth-century London. The metropolis lacked a university until the nineteenth century, so the seven major voluntary hospitals--St. Bartholomew, St. Thomas, Guy, the Westminster, St. George, the Middlesex, and the London--were crucial sites for educating surgeons, surgeon-apothecaries and visiting physicians. Lawrence explains...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521525187

ISBN13:9780521525183

Release Date:June 2002

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:408 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Education & Training England Europe History Medical Medical Books Medicine Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Reference Special Topics

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Charitable Knowledge: Hospital Pupils and Practitioners in Eighteenth-Century London

(Part of the Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine Series)

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