Abstract
These three books examine very different aspects of the history of
health and medicine in Britain, France and Germany since the
mid-seventeenth century. They also illustrate differing views of the
relationship between the past and the present.
John Frangos, From Housing the Poor to Healing the Sick: the
Changing Institution of Paris Hospitals under the Old Régime and
Revolution, London, Associated University Presses, 1997; ISBN
0–838–63705–1; 247pp
Manfred Berg and Geoffrey Cocks (eds) Medicine and Modernity:
Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century
Germany, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN
0–521–56411–5; vii + 242pp
Mary J. Dobson, Contours of Death and Disease in Early-modern
England, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN
0–521–40464–9; xix + 647 pp
health and medicine in Britain, France and Germany since the
mid-seventeenth century. They also illustrate differing views of the
relationship between the past and the present.
John Frangos, From Housing the Poor to Healing the Sick: the
Changing Institution of Paris Hospitals under the Old Régime and
Revolution, London, Associated University Presses, 1997; ISBN
0–838–63705–1; 247pp
Manfred Berg and Geoffrey Cocks (eds) Medicine and Modernity:
Public Health and Medical Care in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century
Germany, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN
0–521–56411–5; vii + 242pp
Mary J. Dobson, Contours of Death and Disease in Early-modern
England, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1997; ISBN
0–521–40464–9; xix + 647 pp
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 419-424 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | European History Quarterly |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 1999 |
Keywords
- social history
- health
- healing
- medicine
- britain
- france
- germany
- mid-seventeenth century
- past and present
