John Haygarth, FRS (1740-1827)

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  • John Haygarth, FRS (1740-1827) Book Detail

  • Author : Christopher Charles Booth
  • Release Date : 2005
  • Publisher : American Philosophical Society
  • Genre : Biography & Autobiography
  • Pages : 204
  • ISBN 13 : 9780871692542
  • File Size : 22,22 MB
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John Haygarth, FRS (1740-1827) by Christopher Charles Booth PDF Summary

Book Description: An excellent biography of John Haygarth, an important 18th-century physician who is most well known for his visionary plan to eliminate smallpox from Great Britain through the careful practice of inoculation & isolation. Haygarth made many more innovative & far-reaching contributions to medicine & to philanthropy. He became a physician in Chester in 1767. There he introduced separate wards in the Chester Infirmary where patients with fever could be isolated & cared for. It was the stimulus for the development of the fever hospitals of 19th cent. England. He also played a major role in the foundation of the Bath Provident Institution for savings, a model for the savings-bank movement in England. Black & white illustrations.

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