Famine and Disease in Ireland

E Margaret Crawford, Leslie Clarkson

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Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
01 June 2005

The Great Famine of 1845-9 remains the great climacteric in Irish history. This title contains reprints of contemporary works relating to the Great Famine, including writings on the medical conditions in Ireland at the time gathered from the Dublin Journal of Medical Science and similar publications.

By: E Margaret Crawford
Edited by: Leslie Clarkson
Imprint: Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 4.740kg
ISBN: 9781851967919
ISBN 10: 1851967915
Pages: 2416
Publication Date: 01 June 2005
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Mixed media product
Publisher's Status: Active

Volume 1 Complete text: W R W Wilde, 'Table of cosmical phenomena, epizootics, epiphitics, famines, and pestilences in Ireland ', Census of Ireland for the Year 1851, part v (1856) Volume 2 Complete text: Sir Charles Trevelyan, The Irish Crisis (1847, 1848) Excerpted texts: Dublin Quarterly Journal of Medical Science: Vol. VII, No. 13, n.s. (1849); Vol. VII, No. 14, n.s. (1849); Vol. VIII, No. 15, n.s. (1849); Vol. VIII, No. 16, n.s. (1849) Volume 3 and 4 Complete text: Francis Barker and John Cheyne, An Account of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of the Fever lately epidemical in Ireland together with Communications from Physicians in the Provinces (1821) Volume 5 Complete texts: A B, A short View of the State of Ireland (1727); John Rutty, A Chronological History of the Weather and Seasons and of the prevailing Diseases in Dublin (1770) Excerpted text: William Harty, Historical Sketch of the Causes, Extent, and Mortality of contagious Fever, Endemics in 1741, and during 1817, 1818, and 1819 (1820)

Reviews for Famine and Disease in Ireland

'a magisterial production in size and scope' Economic History Review 'researchers on the history of medical statistics, sanitary reform and the politics of medicine in Ireland will all find this a useful addition to the library shelves.' Irish Economic and Social History Journal