Disease, medicine and the urban poor in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c.1750-1850

This thesis is the first full-length quantitative and qualitative analysis of the institutional and medical responses to sickness and disease in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, between 1750 and 1850 – the period conventionally ascribed to England’s first ‘industrial revolution’. Using a wide range of largely u...

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Main Author: Butler, Graham Alan
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2012
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.567050