Scotland offers almost unique opportunities for medical historians.
For a conventional history, there is a rich stock of famous doctors
and their discoveries. There are also the contributions of four
ancient universities and three equally old colleges of physicians
and surgeons. For historians of public health there is the famous
struggle against the problems of the industrial revolution and the
lives and works of the great sanitary reformers in Glasgow and
Edinburgh. For the social historian there are equal opportunities
in the diversity of the health care in the Highlands and Lowlands,
the rich traditions of Scottish folk medicine and the interactions
of Scottish and English medical practice. Much else can be learnt
in relating Scotland's great innovative periods to her cultural and
political state at the time. It is perhaps surprising therefore
that there are no up-to-date accounts of any of these aspects of
health and health care in Scotland. . . . there are now many new
sources available and new questions to be asked. -from the
Introduction In this book, author David Hamilton explores new
sources and evaluates the rich history of medicinal practices in
Scotland. Thus, for historians both of medicine and of Scotland,
this study is necessary to more fully understand the country's
history.
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