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Surgery and Society in Peace and War

Orthopaedics and the Organization of Modern Medicine, 1880-1948

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Roger Cooter

    1. Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History (STMMH)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Medical Context of Bones

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 11-28

  4. Politics and Professionalization

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 29-52

  5. The Cause of the Crippled Child

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 53-78

  6. Happenings by Accident

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 79-104

  7. The Great War

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 105-136

  8. Industry and Labour, Part I Britain and America, 1920s

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 137-151

  9. Colonization Among Cripples

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 152-179

  10. The Fracture Movement

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 180-198

  11. Industry and Labour, Part II Rehabilitation and the Assault on Trauma, 1930s

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 199-217

  12. The Phoney War

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 218-233

  13. An End to ‘Adolescence’

    • Roger Cooter
    Pages 234-249

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 250-399
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About this book

This book illuminates how crucial transformations in medical politics and organisation were linked to wider changes in society, economy and ideology. Paying particular attention to developments in medical welfare for physically handicapped children, wounded soldiers and injured workers, this extensively documented study challenges conventional accounts of medical specialisation; provides Anglo-American comparisons; and demonstrates the importance for medical modernity of changing interactions between philanthropy, war, labour, capital and the state.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Manchester, UK

    Roger Cooter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surgery and Society in Peace and War

  • Book Subtitle: Orthopaedics and the Organization of Modern Medicine, 1880-1948

  • Authors: Roger Cooter

  • Series Title: Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-10235-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-55620-7Published: 30 March 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-64283-0Published: 30 March 1993

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-10235-5Published: 30 April 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2946-9643

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-9651

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 399

  • Topics: History of Science, Surgical Orthopedics, Modern History

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