Social History of Medicine is concerned with all aspects of health, illness, and medical treatment in the past. It is committed to publishing work on the social history of medicine from a variety of disciplines. The journal offers its readers substantive and lively articles on a variety of themes, critical assessments of archives and sources, conference reports, up-to-date information on research in progress, a discussion point on topics of current controversy and concern, review articles, and wide-ranging book reviews.
Table of Contents
Medicine in the Household
Histories of Medicine in the Household: Recovering Practice and ‘Reception’ Roberta Bivins, Hilary Marland, and Nancy Tomes Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 669–675
The Reinvention of Household Medicine by Enslaved Africans in Suriname Tinde van Andel Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 676–694
Health, Air and Material Culture in the Early Modern Italian Domestic Environment Sandra Cavallo Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 695–716
‘Globules at Home’: The History of Homeopathic Self-medication Marion Baschin Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 717–733
Under the Covers? Commerce, Contraceptives and Consumers in England and Wales, 1880–1960 Claire L. Jones Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 734–756
Weighting for Health: Management, Measurement and Self-surveillance in the Modern Household Roberta Bivins and Hilary Marland Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 757–780 Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS
Original Articles
‘A Plea for the Lancet’: Bloodletting, Therapeutic Epistemology, and Professional Identity in Late Nineteenth-century American Medicine Eli Osterweil Anders Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 781–801
The Age of Scientific Gynaecological Masseurs. ‘Non-intrusive’ Male Hands, Female Intimacy, and Women’s Health around 1900 Anders Ottosson Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 802–828
Sources and Resources
The Records of Stannington Children’s Sanatorium: Charting Half a Century of Tuberculosis Care Karen Rushton Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 829–839 Creative Commons License OPEN ACCESS
Book Reviews
Patricia A. Baker, The Archaeology of Medicine in the Greco-Roman World Rebecca Flemming Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 840–841
Ido Israelowich, Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire Todd Curtis Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 841–842
Zubin Mistry, Abortion in the Early Middle Ages, c. 500–900 Wolfgang P. Müller Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 843–844
Isla Fay, Health and the City: Disease, Environment and Government in Norwich, 1200–1575 Fred Gibbs Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 844–845
Marilyn Nicoud, Le prince et les médecins: pensée et pratiques médicales à Milan (1402–1476) Elma Brenner Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 845–847
Karen Hunger Parshall, Michael T. Walton and Bruce T. Moran (eds), Bridging Traditions: Alchemy, Chemistry and Paracelsian Practices in the Early Modern Era Sietske Fransen Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 847–848
Jennifer Evans, Aphrodisiacs, Fertility and Medicine in Early Modern England Sara F. Matthews-Grieco Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 849–850
Bill Luckin, Death and Survival in Urban Britain, 1800–1950 Jacob Steere-Williams Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 850–851
Melissa N. Stein, Measuring Manhood: Race and the Science of Masculinity, 1830–1934 Christopher Willoughby Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 851–853
Harro Jenss and Peter Reinicke (eds), Der Arzt Hermann Strauß, 1868—1944. Autobiographische Notizen und Aufzeichnungen aus dem Ghetto Theresienstadt Miriam Offer Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 853–855
Catharine Coleborne, Insanity, Identity and Empire: Immigrants and Institutional Confinement in Australia and New Zealand, 1873–1910 James Dunk Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 855–856
Courtney Q. Shah, Sex Ed, Segregated: The Quest for Sexual Knowledge in Progressive-Era America Matthew Lavine Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 856–858
Anne Borsay and Pamela Dale (eds), Mental Health Nursing. The Working Lives of Paid Carers in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Geertje Boschma Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 858–859
Jessica Reinisch, The Perils of Peace: The Public Health Crisis in Occupied Germany Anita Winkler Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 859–861
Raúl Necochea López, A History of Family Planning in Twentieth-Century Peru Paulo Drinot Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 861–863
Jennifer Nelson, More Than Medicine: A History of the Feminist Women’s Health Movement Alexandra Rutherford Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 863–864
J. Ryan, L. C. Chen and T. Saich (eds), Philanthropy for Health in China Rachel Core Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 864–866
Matthew Smith, Another Person’s Poison: A History of Food Allergy Tilli Tansey Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 866–868
Ulf Schmidt, Secret Science: A Century of Poison Warfare and Human Experiments Glenn Mitchell Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 868–869
Leigh Dale, Responses to Self Harm: An Historical Analysis of Medical, Religious, Military and Psychological Perspectives Chris Millard Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 869–870
C. Michele Thompson, Vietnamese Traditional Medicine: A Social History Claire Edington Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 870–872
Elizabeth Hallam (ed), Designing Bodies. Models of Human Anatomy from Wax to Plastic Marieke Hendriksen Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 872–873
Rina Knoeff and Robert Zwijnenberg (eds), The Fate of Anatomical Collections Michael Sappol Soc Hist Med 2016 29: 874–876