Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History, 1750-1970 [Hardcover]

Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries.Introduction; C.Cox & M.Luddy 'Bleeding, vomiting and purging': the Medical Response to?Ill-health?in Eighteenth-century?Ireland; J.Kelly General Practice and Coroners' Practice: Medico-legal work and the Irish?Medical Profession,?c.1830-90; M.J.Clark Access and Authority: the Medical Dispensary service in post-Famine Ireland; C.Cox Suicide and?Insanity in post-Famine Ireland; G.Laraghy Psychiatry and the Fate of Women who Killed Infants and Young?Children, 1850-1900; P.M.Prior Science, Politics and the Irish Literary Revival: Reassessing 'Dr Sigerson' as a Polymath and Public Intellectual; J.McGeachie 'This revived old plague': Coping with Flu; C.Foley 'Half mad at the time': Unmarried Mothers and Infanticide in Ireland, 1922-1950; C.Rattigan Venereal Disease in Interwar?Northern Ireland; L.McCormick Moral Prescription: the Irish Medical Profession, the Roman Catholic Church and the Prohibition of Birth Control and in Twentieth-century Ireland; L.Earner-Byrne Death and Disease in? Independent Ireland, c.1920-1970: a Research Agenda;; M.E.Daly Notes Index

'...a rich collection of insightful essays...The collection is an excellent contribution to Irish medical history and what is particularly striking about it is that the majority of chapters are concerned with the experiences of ordinary patients and practitioners. Importantly, the volume is further evidence of scholarly movement away from the 'great men' tradition and instititutional histories of the past.' - Laura Kelly, National University of Ireland, Galway, Social History of Medicine

MICHAEL CLARK Visiting Lecturer, the Department of English Language and Literature, King's College London, UKCATHERINE COX Director of the Weló½