Disease, Medicine and Society in England, 1550–1860

New Studies in Economic and Social History

by Roy Porter

In his short but authoritative study, Roy Porter assesses the impact of disease on the English before the widespread availability and public provision of medical care, incorporating into the revised edition new perspectives offered by recent research. He examines the medical profession, attitudes to doctors and disease, and the development of state involvement in public health. Drawing together much fragmentary material and providing a detailed bibliography, this book is an important guide to the history of medicine and to English social history.

Genres: History, Medicine, Nonfiction, Sociology

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Roy's books cover several fields: the history of geology, London, 18th-Century British ideas and society, medicine, madness, quackery, patients and practitioners, literature and art, on which subjects (and others) he published over 200 books are articles.

List of works can be found @ wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Porter )

Reviews

[Bill38silver · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very slim survey spanning 310 years but packed with interesting information. Roy Porter obviously knows his stuff and how to convey in a succint, readable style. The select bibliography, with a brief note by the author on most of the 100+ entries there, is a useful pointer to further study of the subject.

[Ereck · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brief yet meaty introduction.