Published January, 2007
By Andrew Moss
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
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To mark the closure of this great institution, Andrew Moss, who worked in the NHS locally for over twenty-five years, has drawn on historic archives and contemporary sources to present a fascinating picture of hospital life from the Infirmary's foundation in 1770 to the present day, which will surprise, inform and delight readers.

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Published January, 2007
By Rachel Holmes
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James Barry was an innovative medical pioneer, radical humanitarian and flamboyant dandy who traversed the British Empire during the nineteenth century. Presenting a story of nineteenth century science and the mysteries of sexuality, this book aims to bring to life this enigmatic figure.

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Published November, 2006
By Katherine Knight
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The intriguing questions of cleanliness and health in seventeenth-century England.

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Published November, 2006
By Florence Nightingale
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It is a sad fact that more soldiers died in the Crimea in British hospitals than on the battlefields of Sevastopol, Balaklava and the rest of the Black Sea peninsula. Florence Nightingale was the first to recognise the connection between the dirt of the hospital and number of deaths therein. Intended for nurses, this work presents her writings.

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Published September, 2006
By Kevin Brown
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Pox

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Published September, 2006
By Mike Baillie
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Exploring new ideas behind the emergence of the bubonic plague

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Published March, 2006
By Roy Porter
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A social history of madhouses, mad doctors and lunatics

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