Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

This free course, Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century, examines the role that Scots played in contributing to the developments in healthcare during the nineteenth century. The radical transformation of medicine in Europe included the admission of women as doctors and the increased numbers of specialised institutions such as asylums. Such developments were also influenced by wider social, economic, political and cultural backgrounds these are also examined.

Syllabus

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 The rise of laboratory medicine
1 The rise of laboratory medicine
1.1 Transforming practice
1.2 The laboratory in diagnosis
2 The emergence of a modern profession?
2 The emergence of a modern profession?
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Unity and conflict
3 Women in medicine: doctors and nurses, 1850–1920
3 Women in medicine: doctors and nurses, 1850–1920
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The push for – and opposition to – women in medicine
3.3 The reasons for – and emergence of – women working in medicine
3.4 War and women in medicine
4 The rise of the asylum
4 The rise of the asylum
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Social factors in the growth of the asylum: industrialisation, urbanisation and migration
4.3 Social factors in the growth of the asylum: social control, the family and the asylum
4.4 Outside the asylum walls: limits to the primacy of the asylum as a solution
4.5 Section summary
Conclusion
Next Steps
References
Acknowledgements

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