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Health Care and Poor Relief in 18th and 19th Century Northern Europe
Throughout history governments have had to confront the problem of how to deal with the poorer parts of their population. During the medieval and early modern period this …
Medicine and Religion in Enlightenment Europe
The Enlightenment period, here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789, is usually considered to be a period when religion was obliged to give way to rationality. With …
Centres of Medical Excellence?
Students notoriously vote with their feet, seeking out the best and most innovative teachers of their subject. The most ambitious students have been travelling long distances for …
Health Care and Poor Relief in 18th and 19th Century Southern Europe
The poor and the sick-poor have always presented a problem to the governments and churches of Europe. Whose responsibility are they? Are they a wilful burden on the honest working …
It All Depends on the Dose
This is the first volume to take a broad historical sweep of the close relation between medicines and poisons in the Western tradition, and their interconnectedness. They are like …