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WebBack to the top. Please note that this bibliography is necessarily very selective. Christopher Booth, John Haygarth, FRS (1740–1827): a Physician of the Enlightenment …

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History in Focus: Medical History (Book Reviews)

WebBook Review Health, Civilisation and the State: a History of Public Health from Ancient to Modern Times. Author: Dorothy Porter Publisher: Routledge, 1999 Reviewed by: Gert H. …

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History in Focus: Medical History (Author's Abstract)

WebISBN: 033360010X - Hardback. ISBN: 0333600118 - Paperback. The 1860s were a critical decade in Britain's health history. Ravaged by successive waves of infectious disease - …

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History in Focus: Medical History (article)

WebThe genre of medical topography emerged out of a revival of classical humoral aetiological theory and a new interest in classification and measurement of the natural world. [ 20] …

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History in Focus: Medical History (Introduction)

WebIntroduction to Medical history resources. Suicide. The two volumes of Suicide in the Middle Ages (vol. 1, The Violent against Themselves; vol. 2, The Curse on Self-Murder) are …

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History in Focus: Medical History (Introduction)

WebA collection of the yearly Bills of Mortality from 1657 to 1758 inclusive (London: printed for A. Millar in the Strand, 1759). Abel-Smith, Brian. The hospitals 1800-1948; a study in social …

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History in Focus: Overview of The Victorian Era (article)

WebArticle Overview of the Victorian Era. by Anne Shepherd. Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was the first English monarch to see her name given to the period of her reign whilst still living …

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History in Focus

WebThe poor law remained the primary form of poor relief in Ireland until the 1920s, and in Northern Ireland until after the Second World War. The popular view of the Irish poor law …

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History in Focus: Websites on the Victorian Era

WebThe Victorian Web. The Victorian Web provides a comprehensive general overview of nineteenth century British history and literature. The site is divided into sections on …

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History in Focus: Medical History (Epidemic Disease)

WebA Collection of Working Papers given at the Symposium 'Epidemic Disease in London: from the Black Death to Cholera' held at the Institute of Historical Research, 19 March 1992. …

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The American Welfare State by Michael B. Katz

WebThe American welfare state consists of two main divisions, with subdivisions in each. Each of the subdivisions is rooted in a different location in American history and, to some …

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History in Focus: Medical History (Roy Porter)

WebRoy Porter 1946-2002. Julia Sheppard (Wellcome Library for the History of Medicine) Roy Porter, who died on 3 March 2002, was one the best historians of his generation. His …

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History in Focus

WebJuvenile delinquency and the evolution of the British juvenile courts, c.1900-1950 Kate Bradley, University of Kent. When looking at the problem of youth crime in the early 21st …

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History in Focus: War

WebExtract from: Sources for the History of London 1939-45. Subject: Rationing. Source: Chapter 5 pages 85-86. Fair Shares: Rationing and Shortages (p. 85) Diverting the …

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Federation of Family History Societies

WebThe Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) is the international umbrella organisation for such bodies, encompassing 219 societies representing 300,000 members. Founded …

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The medical response to epidemic disease during the long …

WebThe observation of epidemic disease - eighteenth-century epidemiology - derived from the writings of Thomas Sydenham, John Locke and William Petty. It was directed, as James …

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STDs and welfare in East Africa, by Shane Doyle

WebShane Doyle, University of Leeds (1) Welfare reform is typically motivated by some combination of altruism and a desire for greater social control. Sexually-transmitted …

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