Full Description
Great names, research and innovations, celebrated centres of medical training - Scotland has always been associated with medicine. In this exciting book, Helen Dingwall introduces the history of Scottish medicine from earliest times to the present day. Offering a new synthesis of medicine and society in Scotland, she *Covers developments in medicine, surgery and alternative medicine in relation to the changing economic, social, political and religious background. *Discusses concepts of professionalism and institutionalisation. *Assesses medical practitioners and patients in the general historical context. This is the first comprehensive study of Scottish medicine to be written by a historian for over twenty years. Its breadth of coverage - given both the time span and the range of background factors considered - makes A History of Scottish Medicine invaluable reading for all those with an interest in this fascinating subject.
Contents
Introduction; Part One: A Nation in the Making: Medicine in Scotland from Earliest Times to c.1500; 1. Scotland and Scots before Scotland; 2. Scottish Medicine in pre-Scotland Times; 3. Medicine in Medieval Scotland; Part Two: A Nation Ascendant? Medicine in Scotland from c.1300-c.1800; 4. Scotland and Scots in Scotland; 5. Medicine in Early Modern Scotland; 6. Medicine in Enlightenment Scotland; Part Three: A Nation Eclipsed? Medicine in Scotland from c.1800-2000; 7. Scotland and Scots Beyond Scotland; 8. Public Medicine in Public Scotland; 9. Modern Medicine in Modern Scotland; Conclusion; Further Reading; Select Bibliography; Index.
