Medical London : city of diseases, city of cures /
Barnett, Richard.
Jay, Mike,1959 December 14-
[London, UK : Strange Attractor Press,
c2008]
From psychopaths to homeopaths, from bodysnatchers to Bohemians, this set covers the roles played by diseases, treatments and cures in London's sprawling history. Includes a book of essays, 6 individual walking tour maps, and a gazetteer.
[1] Sick city : two thousand years of life and death in London / Richard Barnett ; edited by Mike Jay -- [2] Walk one--life and death by water : a walk along the medieval Thames / Richard Barnett -- [3] Walk two--in the footsteps of Daniel Defoe : a journey through the "Plague Year" / Richard Barnett -- [4] Walk three--gallow, ghosts, and golden boys : a day in the life of an eighteenth-century medical student / Richard Barnett -- [5] Walk four--tall ships and tropical diseases : medicine and the British Empire in Greenwich / Richard Barnett -- [6] Walk five--pox and pleasure : Soho by night / Richard Barnett -- [7] Walk six--from homeopaths to psychopaths : Bohemian medicine in Chelsea / Richard Barnett -- [8] Anatomy of the city : a guide to medical London / Richard Barnett.
From psychopaths to homeopaths, from bodysnatchers to Bohemians, this set covers the roles played by diseases, treatments and cures in London's sprawling history. Includes a book of essays, 6 individual walking tour maps, and a gazetteer.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Public health
Diseases
Medicine