A history of Scottish medicine : themes and influences / Helen M. Dingwall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dingwall, Helen M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Scotland--History.

Medicine.

History.

Scotland.

Physical Description:

vi, 282 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2003.

Summary:

Great names, research and innovations, celebrated centres of medical training -- Scotland has always been associated with medicine. In this exciting new book, Helen Dingwall introduces the history of Scottish medicine from earliest times to the present day. Offering a new synthesis of medicine and society in Scotland, she covers developments in medicine, surgery and alternative medicine in relation to the changing economic, social, political and religious background, discusses concepts of professionalism and institutionalisation, assesses medical practitioners and patients in the general historical context. This is the first major history of medicine in Scotland for over twenty years. Its breadth of coverage -- given both the time span and the range of background factors considered -- makes A History of Scottish Medicine invaluable reading for all those with an interest in this fascinating subject.

Contents:

Introduction: Two Millennia of Medicine in Scotland 1

Part I A Nation in the Making. Medicine in Scotland from Earliest Times to c. 1500

1 Scotland and Scots in the Making 15

2 Early Medicine in Early Scotland 23

3 Medicine in Medieval Scotland 38

Part II A Nation Ascendant? Medicine in Scotland from c. 1500 to c. 1800

4 Scots and Scotland in Britain 63

5 Medicine in Early-Modern Scotland 72

6 Medicine in Englightenment Scotland 108

Part III A Nation Eclipsed? Medicine in Scotland from c. 1800 to 2000

7 Scotland and Scots in Modern Scotland 153

8 Public Medicine in Public Scotland 164

9 Modern Medicine in Modern Scotland 209.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-274) and index.

ISBN:

0748608656

OCLC:

51461301