Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures viii
5. List of tables x
6. Acknowledgements xi
7. Abbreviations xiii
8. Part I Locating sickness and medical welfare
9. 1 The ecology of poor relief 3
10. 2 Defining and measuring 33
11. 3 Negotiating medical welfare 69
12. Part II The scale and character of medical welfare
13. 4 Treating the sick poor: a quantitative overview 107
14. 5 Medical people 148
15. 6 Wider medical welfare 186
16. 7 Dying, being buried and leaving people behind 220
17. Part III Parochial medical welfare in context
18. 8 Institutions and the sick poor 251
19. 9 The medical economy of makeshifts 285
20. 10 Making sense of diversity 320
21. Appendix 334
22. Bibliography 341
23. Index 381