Medicine in Modern Britain gives a clear overview of medicine as it emerged from an early modern system of ideas, practices and institutions to a recognisably modern form in the mid-twentieth century. _x000D_ The book is divided into six thematic chapters, including disease, medical ideas and practices and the increasing role of the government . The author contextualises each topic whilst pointing towards the key historiographical debates surrounding it. The chapters are followed by a documents section, a Who’s Who and a glossary of terms. _x000D_ This is essential reading for all students of the history of medicine in Britian.
ISBN 13: 9781138784239
Author: Deborah Brunton
