Biology, medicine and society, 1840-1940
By: edited by Charles Webster.
Contributors: Webster, Charles, 1936-; Past and Present Society.; British Society for the History of Science.
Series: Past and present publications
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: Biology -- History -- Congresses.; Sociobiology -- History -- Congresses.; Social medicine -- Great Britain -- History -- Congresses.; Biology -- Social aspects -- History -- Congresses.; History of medicine, 19th century -- England -- Congresses.; History of medicine, 20th century -- England -- Congresses.; Biology -- History -- England -- Congresses.; Social science -- History -- England -- Congresses.
Description: The authors describe different historical aspects of the interrelationship of technical experience and social policy in the fields of health, education and social welfare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Rev. papers from a conference held by the Past and Present Society in conjunction with the British Society for the History of Science on Sept. 29, 1978.