Medicine and the Workhouse
(Part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History Series)
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While the welfare functions of the workhouse have been well researched, its medical services have been comparatively neglected. Throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and despite much administrative reform, workhouse medicine remained central to the medical experiences of the poor. Workhouse beds in Britain, for example, far outnumbered beds provided by charitable hospitals, which have often been the subject of historical study, and,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1580464483
ISBN13:9781580464482
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:University of Rochester Press
Length:290 Pages
Weight:1.23 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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