The Victorian Hospital

Name: The Victorian Hospital
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ISBN: 9780747806967

Lavinia Mitton, Lavinia Mitton

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English

Shire Publications
30 November 2008

British & Irish history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Social & cultural history; Health systems & services; History of medicine

Series: Shire Library

Lavinia Mitton follows the changes in hospital treatment that took place during the Victorian era and explores the different types of hospitals that were available, from the celebrated specialist institutions served by famous surgeons to the appalling workhouse infirmaries where the patients were looked after by untrained pauper nurses. Illustrated with black and white drawings and photographs of the buildings, beds, waiting rooms and even ambulances that served the Victorian people, this book is a fascinating insight into the growth of hospitals and medical education, and the advances in surgery and nursing that closed the gap between the 1830s hospital and the establishments that we are familiar with today.

By: Lavinia Mitton
Illustrated by: Lavinia Mitton
Imprint: Shire Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd ed.
Volume: No. 356
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 149mm, Spine: 5mm
Weight: 136g
ISBN: 9780747806967
ISBN 10: 0747806969
Series: Shire Library
Pages: 64
Publication Date: 30 November 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lavinia Mitton is a lecturer in social policy at the University of Kent. She is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where she studied at Somerville College. She obtained an MSc at Wolfson College, Oxford, and specialised in the social history of medicine. She has worked as a researcher at the University of Cambridge, where she also tutored students in economic history. She authored this book while writing a doctoral thesis on the history of social policy at the London School of Economics.