Local hospitals in Ancien Régime France : rationalization, resistance, renewal, 1530-1789 / Daniel Hickey
1997. Montreal, Que. : McGill-Queen's University Press. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #440336
ISBN: 0773515402
Physical description: xix, 275 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits. Series: McGill-Queen's/Hannah Institute studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ; 5. Contents: ""Contents""; ""Maps, Tables, and Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Glossary of French Terms""; ""Introduction""; ""PART ONE: BEGINNING HOSPITAL REFORM""; ""1 Changes in the Organization and Direction of Town and Village Charity, 1540�1640""; ""2 Transferring Poor-Relief Funds to Old Soldiers: The Order of Mount Carmel and St-Lazare""; ""3 The Aftermath of Notre-Dame of Mount Carmel and St-Lazare: The Closures Continue""; ""PART TWO: CONSOLIDATING AND REINFORCING LOCAL HOSPITALS""; ""4 The Hospital, the Church, and the Local Community: Control, Support, and Involvement""
""5 Religious Congregations and Local Hospitals: Women Working in the World""""6 The State and Hospital Reform in the Eighteenth Century: New Directions or Continued Improvisation?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix 1: Grignan Recteurs des Pauvres, 1661�1722""; ""Appendix 2: Seyne Recteurs of the Hospital, 1713�1750""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W"". Subjects: Hospitals France History. Medical policy France History.
Price: €21.95