A History Of Scottish Medicine: Themes And Influences

A HISTORY OF SCOTTISH MEDICINE: THEMES AND INFLUENCES Helen M. Dingwall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS A HISTORY OF SCOTTISH MEDICINE THEMES AND INFLUENCES Helen M. Dingwall EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS For Dr W. G. Middleton with gratitude © Helen Dingwall, 2003 Edinburgh University Press Ltd 22 George Square, Edinburgh Typeset in Linotype Ehrhardt by Koinonia Ltd, Bury, and printed and bound in Great Britain by The Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, Wilts A CIP record of this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 7486 0865 6 (paperback) The right of Helen Dingwall to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988). CHAPTER 3 CONTENTS Abbreviations Acknowledgements iv v Introduction. Two Millennia of Medicine in Scotland 1 Part I A Nation in the Making. Medicine in Scotland from Earliest Times to c. 1500 1 Scotland and Scots in the Making 2 Early Medicine in Early Scotland 3 Medicine in Medieval Scotland 15 23 38 Part II A Nation Ascendant? Medicine in Scotland from c. 1500 to c. 1800 4 Scots and Scotland in Britain 5 Medicine in Early-Modern Scotland 6 Medicine in Enlightenment Scotland 63 72 108 Part III A Nation Eclipsed? Medicine in Scotland from c. 1800 to 2000 7 Scotland and Scots in Modern Scotland 8 Public Medicine in Public Scotland 9 Modern Medicine in Modern Scotland 153 164 209 Conclusion 254 Further Reading Select Bibliography Index 264 272 275 iii<