Cherry
Biographic Data
| ID | 3879701 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cherry |
| FAMILY NAME | Cherry |
| SIGNATURE | CHERRY |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The hospitals and population growth
As a contribution to the debate on the influence of hospitals on mortality rates during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this article suggests that the hospitals' role may have been underestimated. Part 1 begins with a consideration of the ‘hospitals debate’ and the source materials available for a series of case studies of provincial hospitals and their patient catchment areas. Environmental conditions and demographic changes in se…
The hospitals and population growth
In the second part of this article the number and nature of hospital cases treated in the light of physical, medical and surgical limitations are examined. Each hospital's records of treatment are summarised and discussed. Whether or not the hospitals were able to tackle successfully some of the major diseases and causes of death and thereby exert a positive influence in reducing mortality rates is then considered. Two main conclusions are drawn.…
The Role of a Provincial Hospital
The role of a provincial hospital
Up to the mid-1950's most economic and social historians accepted that improved medical measures, notably the expansion of hospital facilities, made a significant contribution to population growth in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by helping to reduce mortality rates. In an article which first appeared in 1955, T. McKeown and R. G. Brown criticized what had become the ‘traditional’ view. Though the number of hospitals increase…
The hospitals and population growth
As a contribution to the debate on the influence of hospitals on mortality rates during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this article suggests that the hospitals' role may have been underestimated. Part 1 begins with a consideration of the ‘hospitals debate’ and the source materials available for a series of case studies of provincial hospitals and their patient catchment areas. Environmental conditions and demographic changes in se…
The Role of a Provincial Hospital
The role of a provincial hospital
Up to the mid-1950's most economic and social historians accepted that improved medical measures, notably the expansion of hospital facilities, made a significant contribution to population growth in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries by helping to reduce mortality rates. In an article which first appeared in 1955, T. McKeown and R. G. Brown criticized what had become the ‘traditional’ view. Though the number of hospitals increase…
The hospitals and population growth
As a contribution to the debate on the influence of hospitals on mortality rates during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this article suggests that the hospitals' role may have been underestimated. Part 1 begins with a consideration of the ‘hospitals debate’ and the source materials available for a series of case studies of provincial hospitals and their patient catchment areas. Environmental conditions and demographic changes in se…
The hospitals and population growth
In the second part of this article the number and nature of hospital cases treated in the light of physical, medical and surgical limitations are examined. Each hospital's records of treatment are summarised and discussed. Whether or not the hospitals were able to tackle successfully some of the major diseases and causes of death and thereby exert a positive influence in reducing mortality rates is then considered. Two main conclusions are drawn.…
Historical Economic and Social Studies (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices (3 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (3 works) · History (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Geography (2 works)