Sickness in the Workhouse: Poor Law Medical Care in Provincial England, 1834-1914
(Part of the Rochester Studies in Medical History Series)
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England's New Poor Law (1834) transformed medical care in ways that have long been overlooked, or denigrated, by historians. Sickness in the Workhouse challenges these assumptions through a close examination of two urban workhouses in the west midlands from the passage of the New Poor Law until the outbreak of World War I.
By closely analyzing the day-to-day practice of workhouse doctors and nurses, author Alistair Ritch questions the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1580469752
ISBN13:9781580469753
Release Date:November 2019
Publisher:University of Rochester Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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