Nursing the English from Plague to Peterloo, 1660-1820
(2025)
Book
Tomkins, A. (2025). Nursing the English from Plague to Peterloo, 1660-1820. Manchester: Manchester University Press
Nursing the English analyses the reputations and experiences of women and men who nursed the sick before any calls for nursing reform. The book begins in the late seventeenth century with the last epidemic of plague. It concludes in 1820, the year... Read More about Nursing the English from Plague to Peterloo, 1660-1820.