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Medicine and Charity in Georgian Bath A Social History of the General Infirmary, c.1739-1830
By Anne Borsay
Copyright 1999
498 Pages
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Routledge
495 Pages
by
Routledge
495 Pages
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Routledge
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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. Four main themes are pursued in order to locate the hospital within its economic, socio-cultural and political contexts: arrangements for management and finance under... Read more
Part 1. Introduction. 1. Britain in the Long Eighteenth Century. Part 2. The Commercial Economy. 2. The Promotion of Civic Virtue. 3. The Achievement of Financial Solvency. Part 3. The Medical Profession. 4. The Rewards of Service. 5. The Limits of Autonomy. Part 4. The Moral Economy. 6. The Obligations of Paternalism. 7. From Mercantilism to Laissez-Faire. Part 5. Status, Politics and Power. 8. The Pursuit of Social Status. 9. The Integration of the Political Élite. 10. The Education of the Lower Orders. Part 6. Conclusion. 11. Medical Charity and the Middling Sort.
Biography
Anne Borsay
