[PDF] The History Of Medicine A Scottish Perspective eBook

Author : The Open University
Publisher : The Open University
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
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ISBN : 1473005647

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This 10-hour free course explored the influences on Scottish healthcare institutions in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Author : David Hamilton
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 18,14 MB
Release : 1999-03-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781455605651

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Scotland offers almost unique opportunities for medical historians. For a conventional history, there is a rich stock of famous doctors and their discoveries. There are also the contributions of four ancient universities and three equally old colleges of physicians and surgeons. For historians of public health there is the famous struggle against the problems of the industrial revolution and the lives and works of the great sanitary reformers in Glasgow and Edinburgh. For the social historian there are equal opportunities in the diversity of the health care in the Highlands and Lowlands, the rich traditions of Scottish folk medicine and the interactions of Scottish and English medical practice. Much else can be learnt in relating Scotland's great innovative periods to her cultural and political state at the time. It is perhaps surprising therefore that there are no up-to-date accounts of any of these aspects of health and health care in Scotland. . . . there are now many new sources available and new questions to be asked. -from the Introduction In this book, author David Hamilton explores new sources and evaluates the rich history of medicinal practices in Scotland. Thus, for historians both of medicine and of Scotland, this study is necessary to more fully understand the country's history.

Author : Mark Jackson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 35,13 MB
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 0199546495

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In three sections, the Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine celebrates the richness and variety of medical history around the world. It explore medical developments and trends in writing history according to period, place, and theme.

Author : Charles W. J. Withers
Publisher : John Donald
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 34,40 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN :

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Writing to Dugald Stewart in June 1789, Thomas Jefferson enthused that as far as science was concerned, no place in the world can pretend to a competition with Edinburgh. Yet, despite similar encomiums down the years, the role of the natural sciences and medicine in the Scottish Enlightenment is still neither generally appreciated nor fully understood. This collection of ten essays by scholars in the field provides a comprehensive overview of the place of scientific and medical enquiry in Scotland during the period 1690-1815. Each chapter presents new research in order to reflect upon previous interpretations and to suggest fresh perspectives on the relationship between science and medicine and culture and society in 18th-century Scotland. Collectively, the essays illustrate both the centrality of natural and medical knowledge in enlightened culture and the wider implications of Scotland's story for an understanding of science and medicine in the modern world.

Author : John D (John Dixon) 1875-1939 Comrie
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
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ISBN : 9781014058546

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : T. M. Devine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 25,60 MB
Release : 2012-01-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0199563691

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A landmark study which reconsiders in fresh and illuminating ways the classic themes of the nation's history since the sixteenth century, as well as a number of new topics which are only now receiving detailed attention. Places the Scottish experience firmly in an international historical experience.