Venereal Disease, Hospitals and the Urban Poor - London's "Foul Wards," 1600-1800

A re-examination of the role of charity and treating venereal disease in public hospitals in early-modern London.

List of contents

The Foul Disease, Privacy, and the Medical Marketplace
The Foul Disease in the Royal Hospitals: The Seventeenth Century
The Foul Disease in the Royal Hospitals: The Eighteenth Century
The Foul Disease and the Poor Law: Workhouse Medicine in the Eighteenth Century
The Foul Disease and Moral Reform: The Lock Hospital
Rethinking the Lock Hospital

Summary

A re-examination of the role of charity and treating venereal disease in public hospitals in early-modern London.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin P. Siena, Kevin Siena, Kevin (Royalty Account) Siena, Kevin P. Siena, Kevin Patrick Siena
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2010
• EAN: 9781580463713
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-371-3
• No. of pages: 375
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 228 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: 12 b/w illus.
• Series: Rochester Studies in Medical History; Rochester Studies in Medical H; Rochester Studies in Medical History; Rochester Studies in Medical H
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine