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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-09-28 - Publisher: Library of Alexandria
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Pages: 232
Pages: 232
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Pages: 290
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This text examines the history of the medical services provided by workhouses, both in Britain and its former colonies, during the 18th and 19th centuries.