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A Modern History of the Stomach : Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800-1950, PDF eBook

A Modern History of the Stomach : Gastric Illness, Medicine and British Society, 1800-1950 PDF

Part of the Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine series

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This is the first exploration of the relationship between the abdomen and British society between 1800 and 1950.

Miller demonstrates how the framework of ideas established in medicine related to gastric illness often reflected wider social issues including industrialization and the impact of wartime anxiety upon the inner body.

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