meidcal care Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/tag/meidcal-care/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 20:42:52 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Poor law but better care https://bshm.org.uk/poor-law-but-better-care/ https://bshm.org.uk/poor-law-but-better-care/#respond Mon, 21 Aug 2023 14:34:28 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=17197 Graham Kyle explains that a surprising benefit of the harsh Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 was that paupers in the workhouse received free medical care. Perhaps even more unexpectedly, the care had to come from qualified medical practitioners. Near where I live near Llanfyllin in North Wales, there is a fairly well preserved workhouse that […]

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