Physick and the family : Health, medicine and care in Wales, 1600–1750 /: Health, medicine and care in Wales, 1600–1750. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alun Withey.
• Authors: Withey, Alun
• Contents: Appendices; Introduction; I. Disease and mortality in early modern Wales; 1. ‘Fruits of sin, forerunners of dissolution’: sickness and disease in early modern Wales; II. Medical knowledge in early modern Wales; 2. The Welsh body and popular medical culture; 3. Medicine, oral and print culture; 4. An economy of knowledge: social networks and the spread of medical information; III. Domestic sickness and care in the Welsh home; 5. Care and the Welsh medical home; 6. Sickness experience and the ‘sick role'; 7. Caring for the sick; 8. ‘Neighbourliness’ and the medical community; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Wales
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847795083; 1847795080
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.