Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates; their novels highlight the fragility of public health today ...

This led to significant changes in surgery and better prevention of disease in the late 19th century. Medicine in modern Britain, c.1900-present - Edexcel Medicine in modern Britain has seen great ...

There were several changes in the late 19th century, many led by the government, that improved the health of the British public. The government did not intervene immediately. However, in 1848 ...