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1 online resource : maps (black and white) |
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| Contents |
Introduction -- David Durnin and Ian Miller Part I: Health and disease on the domestic front 1. 'Every human life is a national importance': the impact of the First World War on attitudes to maternal and infant health -- Fionnuala Walsh 2. The war and influenza: the impact of the First World War on the 1918-19 influenza pandemic in Ulster -- Patricia Marsh 3. Food, the Emergency and the lower-class Irish body, c.1939-45 -- Bryce Evans 4. Alone among neutrals: Ireland's unique experience of tuberculosis during the Second World War -- Anne Mac Lellan Part II: Health and political unrest 5. War on our doorstep: Temple Street Hospital and the 1916 Rising -- Barry Kennerk 6. Ireland's British Army doctors and the treatment of Irish nationalists, 1916-23 -- David Durnin 7. The 'report of a nightmare': hallucinating conflict in the political and personal frontiers of Ulster during the IRA border campaign of 1920-22 -- Fiachra Byrne Part III: Institutions and medical personnel 8. From front to home and back again: geographical networks of auxiliary medical care in the First World War -- Ronan Foley 9. Hope and experience: nurses from Belfast hospitals in the First World War -- Seán Graffin 10. War work on the home front: the Central Sphagnum Depot for Ireland at the Royal College of Science for Ireland, 1915-19 -- Clara Cullen 11. On the brink of universalism: the Emergency Hospital Services in Second World War Northern Ireland -- Seán Lucey 12. Imperial continuities: Irish doctors and the British armed forces, 1922-45 -- Steven O'Connor 13. Migrants, medics, matrons: exploring the spectrum of Irish immigrants in the wartime British health sector -- Jennifer Redmond Index. |
| Summary |
A wide ranging volume on medical history, that examines critical areas of health concerns in Ireland through the World Wars. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Medical care -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century.
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Medical care. |
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Ireland. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
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Social conditions. |
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Ireland -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
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Ireland -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1949.
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Economic conditions. |
| Chronological Term |
1918-1949 |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Medical care. |
| Added Author |
Durnin, David, editor.
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Miller, Ian, 1980- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780719097850 |
| ISBN |
9781526108234 (electronic book) |
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1526108232 (electronic book) |
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9781526108227 (electronic book) |
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1526108224 (electronic book) |
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9780719097850 (hardback) |
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