The conquest of water: the advent of health in the industrial age

نویسنده

  • Ann F. La Berge
چکیده

This comprehensive study, covering every aspect of medical provision from the perspectives of the client and the provider, gives new insights into health care in the nineteenth century. Self-help appears to predominate over institutional provision. However, the most important overall conclusion is that such local comparative study "enables us to learn more about the relationship between medicine, history and society".

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Medical History

دوره 34  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1990