{"product_id":"medical-london-9780955876103","title":"Medical London","description":"\u003cp\u003eA stunningly-presented guide to Londons past that charts the many roles that diseases  treatments and cures have played in the citys sprawling storyand how London  in turn  has shaped the professions and practices of modern medicine. A unique  stunningly-presented guide to Londons past and a treasure trove of information for historians  residents  medical professionals and tourists  Medical London charts the many roles that diseases  treatments and cures have played in the citys sprawling story. It also reveals how London  in turn  has shaped the professions and practices of modern medicine. Medical London comprises three parts: A volume of essays exploring some of the threads that medicine has woven through London life  from its earliest beginnings to the multicultural metropolis of today: its roles in contagion and sanitation  in wealth and its consumption  in empire and immigration  in pleasure and in madness. A definitive guide to Londons medical landscape: its museums and hospitals  its grand monuments and secret corners  and the characters and events that lie behind them. Six elegantly designed maps for self-guided walks  from Daniel Defoes Plague Year wanderings to the druggists of Sohos night haunts  the homeopaths of bohemian Chelsea to the naval surgeons of maritime Greenwich. Published in collaboration with Wellcome Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67924854833205,"sku":"ByrdShop_0955876109","price":247.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780955876103.jpg?v=1794142600","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/medical-london-9780955876103","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}