{"product_id":"physick-and-the-family-9780719091254","title":"Physick and the family","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOffers new insights into the early modern sickness experience, through a study of the medical history of Wales -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlun Withey's first book is a wide-ranging and spirited, yet also rounded and original contribution to the social history of British...Withey has achieved more than enough already in this valuable and often fascinating book.'\u003cbr\u003eRobert Allan Houston, Social History of Medicine, vol 25, no 3,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This very welcome book is brimming full of suggestions setting medical history in a rich new context. It will also give historians of Wales itself and their students plenty to think about, and to argue with. The bibliography is excellent.'\u003cbr\u003eMichael Roberts, Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 2012, 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Readers will be impressed by the breadth of Withey’s research. His command over a wide range of primary services is admirable’\u003cbr\u003eAlun Roberts, Morganwg: The Journal of Glamorgan History, Volume LVI 2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShort-listed for 2013 the Longman \/ History Today Book of the Year award\u003c\/p\u003e -- .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendices\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eI. Disease and mortality in early modern Wales\u003cbr\u003e1. ‘Fruits of sin, forerunners of dissolution’: sickness and disease in early modern Wales\u003cbr\u003eII. Medical knowledge in early modern Wales\u003cbr\u003e2. The Welsh body and popular medical culture\u003cbr\u003e3. Medicine, oral and print culture\u003cbr\u003e4. An economy of knowledge: social networks and the spread of medical information\u003cbr\u003eIII. Domestic sickness and care in the Welsh home\u003cbr\u003e5. Care and the Welsh medical home\u003cbr\u003e6. Sickness experience and the ‘sick role'\u003cbr\u003e7. Caring for the sick\u003cbr\u003e8. ‘Neighbourliness’ and the medical community\u003cbr\u003e9. Conclusion\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037347447127,"sku":"9780719091254","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719091254.jpg?v=1750935385","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/physick-and-the-family-9780719091254","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}