THE VICTORIAN HOSPITAL

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Known as 'Gateways to Death' , hospitals in the early nineteenth century were hardly an improvement on being nursed at home. Instruments used on one person's wounds were used for the next patient, and wards, full of open sores and fevers, were a hotbed of infection. During the Victorian period there was a massive expansion in the number of hospitals in Britain, and they were increasingly the focus of health care and medical education. This book charts the changes that took place, explores the different types of hospital taht were available- from the celebrated specialist institutions to the appalling workhouse infirmaries - and outlines the advances in nursing that helped bring the hospital into the modern age.

By Lavinia Mitton

Paperback - 64 pages

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