Medicine and the Market in England and Its Colonies, C.1450- C.1850 (2007)Hardcover - 2007, 12 September 2007

What was the medical marketplace? This book provides the first critical examination of medicine and the market in pre-modern England, colonial North America and British India. Chapters explore the most important themes in the social history of medicine and offer a fresh understanding of healthcare in this time of social and economic transformation.