John Woodward

To Do The Sick No Harm

A Study of the British Voluntary Hospital System to 1875

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What part did the British voluntary hospital system play in the health of the community in the 18th and 19th centuries? Originally published in 1974, this study investigates this question through a pioneering examination of the extant hospital records, and by an analysis of the contemporary literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 433g
• ISBN-13: 9781041074922
• ISBN-10: 1041074921
• Artikelnr.: 73327221

Inhaltsangabe

1.Medical Care and Social Policy 2. To Prove A Need 3. Philanthropy or
Social Enhancement 4. Hospital Staff 5. Admissions Policy 6. On the Books
7. Fever Cases 8. Surgery 9. Hospital Diseases 10. Gateways to Death? 11.
Hospitals and Population Growth Appendix 1: The Voluntary Hospitals of the
Eighteenth Century Appendix 2: An Account of the Establishment of the
County Hospital at Winchester Appendix 3: Mortality in Selected Voluntary
Hospitals to 1875 Appendix 4: Summary of Patients Admitted to the Glasgow
Royal Infirmary, 1800-70 Appendix 5: Cases Admitted to the Newcastle and
Manchester Infirmaries in the 1750s Appendix 6: A Comparison of the
Mortality Rates Presented by Florence Nightingale and Fleetwood Buckle
Appendix 7: Surgical Operations, 1863 Appendix 8: Deaths from Pyaemia.