John Haygarth, FRS: A Physician of the Enlightenment (1740-1827), Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 254)
An excellent biography of John Haygarth, an important 18th-century physician who is most well known for his visionary plan to eliminate smallpox from Great Britain through the careful practice of inoculation & isolation. Haygarth made many more innovative & far-reaching contributions to medicine & to philanthropy. He became a physician in Chester in 1767. There he introduced separate wards in the Chester Infirmary where patients with fever could be isolated & cared for. It was the stimulus for the development of the fever hospitals of 19th cent. England. He also played a major role in the foundation of the Bath Provident Institution for savings, a model for the savings-bank movement in England. Black & white illustrations.
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John Haygarth, FRS: A Physician of the Enlightenment (1740-1827), Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 254)
An excellent biography of John Haygarth, an important 18th-century physician who is most well known for his visionary plan to eliminate smallpox from Great Britain through the careful practice of inoculation & isolation. Haygarth made many more innovative & far-reaching contributions to medicine & to philanthropy. He became a physician in Chester in 1767. There he introduced separate wards in the Chester Infirmary where patients with fever could be isolated & cared for. It was the stimulus for the development of the fever hospitals of 19th cent. England. He also played a major role in the foundation of the Bath Provident Institution for savings, a model for the savings-bank movement in England. Black & white illustrations.
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John Haygarth, FRS: A Physician of the Enlightenment (1740-1827), Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 254)
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John Haygarth, FRS: A Physician of the Enlightenment (1740-1827), Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (vol. 254)
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780871692542 |
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| Publisher: | University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 01/01/2005 |
| Series: | Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society |
| Pages: | 169 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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