The Hospital in History.

Abstract

Part 1 Medieval: medieval English hospitals, Martha Carlin development and change in English hospitals 1100-1500, Miri Rubin. Part 2 Early modern: the hospitals of late-medieval and Renaissance Florence - a preliminary survey, John Henderson charity, power, and patronage in 18th-century Italian hospitals - the case of Turin, Sandro Cavallo politics and London Royal Hospitals 1638-92, Craig Rose the gift relation - philanthropy and provincial hospitals in 18th-century England, Roy Porter. Part 3 Modern: an historical survey of children's hospitals, Eduard Seidler fame and fortune by means of bricks and mortar - the medical profession and specialist hospitals in Britain 1800-1948, Lindsay Granshaw from Friedenheim to hospice - a century of cancer hospitals, Caroline C.S.Murphy managing medicine - creating a profession of hospital administration in the United States 1895-1915, Morris J.Vogel.