Medicine and Charity in Georgian Bath - A Social History of the General Infirmary, C.1739-1830

Summary

First published in 1999, this rewarding volume offers a close and systematic analysis of the General Infirmary at Bath, which was founded in 1739 to grant ‘lepers and cripples, and other indigent strangers’ access to the spa waters.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Borsay, Borsay Anne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.05.2019
• EAN: 9781138326002
• ISBN: 978-1-138-32600-2
• No. of pages: 484
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General