Medical London : city of diseases, city of cures. - Wellcome Collection; Jay, Mike, 1959-; Barnett, Richard, 1980- (London : Strange Attractor Press, 2008)
[1] Sick city : two thousand years of life and death in London / Richard Barnett ; edited by Mike Jay -- [2] Walk one -- life and death by water : a walk along the medieval Thames / Richard Barnett -- [3] Walk two -- in the footsteps of Daniel Defoe : a journey through the "Plague Year" / Richard Barnett -- [4] Walk three -- gallow, ghosts, and golden boys : a day in the life of an eighteenth-century medical student / Richard Barnett -- [5] Walk four -- tall ships and tropical diseases : medicine and the British Empire in Greenwich / Richard Barnett -- [6] Walk five -- pox and pleasure : Soho by night / Richard Barnett -- [7] Walk six -- from homeopaths to psychopaths : Bohemian medicine in Chelsea / Richard Barnett -- [8] Anatomy of the city : a guide to medical London / Richard Barnett.
In slip case (22 x 16 x 6 cm).
Includes a book of essays, 6 individual walking tour maps and a gazetteer.
Title from slip case.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Medicine -- History -- England -- London; Public health -- History -- England -- London; Social medicine -- History -- England -- London; London (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc; London (England) -- History; London (England) -- Social conditions