Voluntary Action History The First Lady Almoner: The Appointment, Position and Findings of Miss Mary Stewart at the Royal Free Hospital, 1895-1899 Lynsey Cullen (Oxford Brookes University) 27 September 2009 Abstract: The work of the Almoning profession within the...
Before the advent of the National Health Service people relied on a variety of disparate medical services, including the voluntary or charity hospital, for their medical needs. The Voluntary Hospitals Database documents these charitable and self-funding hospitals...
Two weeks ago the IHR held its 80th Anglo-American conference. This topic was Health in History which presented the opportunity for historians to discuss a variety of health related histories and in some cases relate that research to current medical demands and...
