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Cultures of Care in Irish Medical History, 1750-1970

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  1. Catherine Cox

    1. Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland

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  2. Maria Luddy

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Catherine Cox, Maria Luddy
    Pages 1-12

  3. ‘Bleeding, vomiting and purging’: The Medical Response to Ill-health in Eighteenth-century Ireland

    • James Kelly
    Pages 13-36

  4. General Practice and Coroners’ Practice: Medico-legal Work and the Irish Medical Profession, c. 1830–c. 1890

    • Michael J. Clark
    Pages 37-56

  5. Access and Engagement: The Medical Dispensary Service in Post-Famine Ireland

    • Catherine Cox
    Pages 57-78

  6. Suicide and Insanity in Post-Famine Ireland

    • Georgina Laragy
    Pages 79-91

  7. Psychiatry and the Fate of Women Who Killed Infants and Young Children, 1850–1900

    • Pauline M. Prior
    Pages 92-112

  8. Science, Politics and the Irish Literary Revival: Reassessing ‘Dr Sigerson’ as Polymath and Public Intellectual

    • James McGeachie
    Pages 113-140

  9. ‘This Revived Old Plague’1: Coping with Flu

    • Caitríona Foley
    Pages 141-167

  10. ‘Half mad at the time’: Unmarried Mothers and Infanticide in Ireland, 1922–1950

    • Clíona Rattigan
    Pages 168-190

  11. Venereal Disease in Interwar Northern Ireland

    • Leanne McCormick
    Pages 191-206

  12. Moral Prescription: The Irish Medical Profession, the Roman Catholic Church and the Prohibition of Birth Control in Twentieth-century Ireland

    • Lindsey Earner-Byrne
    Pages 207-228

  13. Death and Disease in Independent Ireland, c. 1920–1970: A Research Agenda

    • Mary E. Daly
    Pages 229-250

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 251-258
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About this book

Exploring aspects of Irish medical history, from the nature and proposed remedies for various illnesses in eighteenth century Ireland, to the treatment of influenza in twentieth-century Ireland, this book shows how the cultures of medical care evolved over three centuries.

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'...a rich collection of insightful essays...The collection is an excellent contribution to Irish medical history and what is particularly striking about it is that the majority of chapters are concerned with the experiences of ordinary patients and practitioners. Importantly, the volume is further evidence of scholarly movement away from the 'great men' tradition and instititutional histories of the past.' - Laura Kelly, National University of Ireland, Galway, Social History of Medicine

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for the History of Medicine, University College, Dublin, Ireland

    Catherine Cox

  • University of Warwick, UK

    Maria Luddy

About the editors

MICHAEL CLARK Visiting Lecturer, the Department of English Language and Literature, King's College London, UK CATHERINE COX Director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine in Ireland, University College Dublin, Ireland MARY E. DALY Principal, College of Arts and Celtic Studies, University College Dublin, Ireland LINDSEY EARNER-BYRNE Lecturer in Modern Irish History, School of History and Archives, University College Dublin, Ireland CAITRÍONA FOLEY History PhD Graduate and Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholar, University College Dublin, Ireland JAMES KELLY Head of the History Department, St Patrick's College, Dublin City University, Ireland GEORGINA LARAGY Lecturer, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland MARIA LUDDY Professor of Modern Irish History, University of Warwick, UK LEANNE MCCORMICK Lecturer in Modern Irish Social History, the University of Ulster, UK JAMES MCGEACHIE Our Lady and St. Patrick's College, Belfast, UK PAULINE PRIOR Lecturer in Social Policy, Queen's University Belfast, UK CLÍONA RATTIGAN Teaching Fellow, the University of Warwick, UK

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