Medicine Transformed: Health, Disease and Society in Europe 1800-1930

Book Overview

During the nineteenth century medicine underwent a radical transformation. In 1800, the body was still understood in terms of humors and fluids, and a wide range of individuals provided medical care. Institutions were marginal to the medical enterprise, and governments took almost no part in providing medical services. By 1930 a recognisably modern medicine had begun to emerge across Europe. New understandings of the body opened up surgery and treatments,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719067359
• ISBN13: 9780719067358
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.3" x 9.5"