Sickness, medical welfare and the English poor, 1750-1834 / Steven King.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

King, Steven, 1966- author.

Series:

Social histories of medicine.

Social histories of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor--Medical care--England--History--18th century.

Poor.

Poor--Medical care--England--History--19th century.

Poor laws--England--History--18th century.

Poor laws.

Poor laws--England--History--19th century.

England--Social conditions--18th century.

England.

England--Social conditions--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 394 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Explores the medical world of the poor and the Old Poor Law in the period 1750-1834.

Contents:

Part I: Locating sickness and medical welfare

1. The ecology of poor relief

2. Defining and measuring

3. Negotiating medical welfare

Part II: The scale and character of medical welfare

4. Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview

5. Medical People

6. Wider medical welfare

7. Dying, being buried and leaving people behind

Part III: Parochial medical welfare in context

8. Institutions and the sick poor

9. The medical economy of makeshifts

10. Making sense of diversity

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"Steven King is a professor of economic and social history at the University of Leicester" - back cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 26, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526138859

1526138859

9781526129017

1526129019

OCLC:

1155123725