Making a Medical Living
Doctors and Patients in the English Market for Medicine, 1720-1911 (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15024701 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary E Fissell (0000-0002-4141-3966, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 837-838 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the history of medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-5140 • E-ISSN: 1086-3176 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bhm.2000.0178 |
| OpenAlex | W2067288095 |
| Language | EN |
Anne Digby reminds us that while physicians in the past treated patients, invented new medical theories, compounded medicines, and made discoveries about the human body, they also made a living. One hundred and fifty years ago, that last was not an easy task. For some practitioners who managed to capture a wealthy set of patients, the living was plentiful: for attending Harriet Brudenell, daughter of the Earl of Cardigan, during her fatal illness in 1767, Dr. Addington charged £100. Most practitioners, however, scraped by, perhaps earning even less money than that stereotype of Victorian literature, the impoverished clergyman
Daughter · Family medicine · Political science · Stereotype (UML) · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |