Hospital Life in Enlightenment Scotland

by Guenter B. Risse

Book Overview

This is a complete account of institutional life in an eighteenth-century British hospital. Using a multitude of surviving documents, the author presents an intimate view of the experiences of the sick poor and their physicians at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh between 1750 and 1800. The first voluntary institution of its kind founded outside London, the Infirmary is examined within the context of the Scottish Enlightenment and the tenets of British...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1449980015
• ISBN13: 9781449980016
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 466 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"