History of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

An authoritative and absorbing account of one of Britain's most prestigious hospitals.

Arthur Rook (Author), Margaret Carlton (Author), W. Graham Cannon (Author), Lord Butterfield of Stechford (Foreword by)

9780521142397, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 10 June 2010

536 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 3 cm, 0.78 kg

"...the authors have produced not only an exemplary study of a run-of-th-mill provincial infirmary but also a well-told tale of an unusual hospital. The book can be used as a work of reference or read as a continuous tale. It is a worthy memorial to Arthur Rook." Christopher Lawrence, Bulletin of the History of Medicine

Addenbrooke's Hospital has strongly influenced both the development of medical practice and the social history of Cambridge. This authoritative and absorbing account of the hospital traces in detail its history and development, from its benefaction in 1719 by John Addenbrooke, through its early years of expansion, reforms and modernisation and over the period of the two world wars. With the use of rare and previously unseen archive material, including the original minutes, the authors have produced a careful, authoritative and fascinating account of the history and development of one of Britain's most famous hospitals. Embellished with evocative and often rare documentary illustrations, this book will be of the greatest interest and value to all those associated with Addenbrooke's: clinicians, nursing and administrative staff, students and patients, as well as to anyone with an interest in the social and medical history of Cambridge.

1. The setting
2. The hospital opens its doors
3. A period of expansion
4. The Addenbrooke's of Paget and Humphry
5. Reforms and modernisation
6. Two World Wars
Epilogue
Appendices
Notes
References.

Subject Areas: History of medicine [MBX]