Medicine in an age of commerce and empire : Britain and its tropical colonies, 1660-1830 /

'Medicine in an Age of Commerce and Empire' explores the impact of commercial and imperial expansion on British medicine from the late 17th century to the early 19th century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Harrison, Mark, 1964-
Corporate Author:	Oxford University Press
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Subjects:	Medical care > Great Britain > History. Medical care > Great Britain > Colonies > History. Medical economics > Great Britain > History. Medical economics > Great Britain > Colonies > History. Comparative government. Health services administration. Humanities. Economics. Social sciences. Medical care. Medicine > History > 17th century. Medical economics. History. Medicine > History > 18th century. Europe. Asia, Western Political Systems History, Modern 1601- Patient Care Management Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation Humanities Economics Health Care Economics and Organizations Social Sciences Geographic Locations Health Services Administration Delivery of Health Care Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Geographicals Colonialism History, 17th Century Economics, Medical History History, 18th Century Europe Asia United Kingdom India Patient Care Économie de la santé > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Économie de la santé > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire. Régimes politiques. Médecine > Histoire > 1500- Services de santé > Administration. Sciences humaines. Économie politique. Sciences sociales. Prestation de soins. Médecine > Histoire > 17e siècle. Économie de la santé. Histoire. Médecine > Histoire > 18e siècle. Soins médicaux > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire. Soins médicaux > Grande-Bretagne > Colonies > Histoire. Soins médicaux. humanities. economics. social sciences. history (discipline) Social sciences Medicine Medical care > British colonies Health services administration Comparative government Medical care Medical economics Great Britain Medizin Großbritannien 1600-1799 Geschichte 1660-1830. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Medicine as natural history. Climate, fever, and medicine before 1700 ; "Accidents of the air" : Sydenham and Boerhaave in the tropics ; The medicine of warm climates ; Pathology, physiology, and race
Tropical therapeutics. Inflamed bodies ; Exotics and antiseptics ; Empire of experiment ; A therapeutic revolution
Ills of empire. Invalids and entrepreneurs ; The voyager returns ; Albion's coast is sick ; The prospect of invasion.