To Do The Sick No Harm

What part did the British voluntary hospital system play in the health of the community in the 18th and 19th centuries? Originally published in 1974, this study investigates this question through a pioneering examination of the extant hospital records, and by an analysis of the contemporary literature.

1.Medical Care and Social Policy 2. To Prove A Need 3. Philanthropy or Social Enhancement 4. Hospital Staff 5. Admissions Policy 6. On the Books 7. Fever Cases 8. Surgery 9. Hospital Diseases 10. Gateways to Death? 11. Hospitals and Population Growth Appendix 1: The Voluntary Hospitals of the Eighteenth Century Appendix 2: An Account of the Establishment of the County Hospital at Winchester Appendix 3: Mortality in Selected Voluntary Hospitals to 1875 Appendix 4: Summary of Patients Admitted to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary, 1800-70 Appendix 5: Cases Admitted to the Newcastle and Manchester Infirmaries in the 1750s Appendix 6: A Comparison of the Mortality Rates Presented by Florence Nightingale and Fleetwood Buckle Appendix 7: Surgical Operations, 1863 Appendix 8: Deaths from Pyaemia.