History of Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge

Addenbrooke'sHospitalhasstronglyinfluencedboththedevelopmentofmedicalpracticeandthesocialhistoryofCambridge.Thisauthoritativeandabsorbingaccountofthehospitaltracesindetailitshistoryanddevelopment,fromitsbenefactionin1719byJohnAddenbrooke,throughitsearlyyearsofexpansion,reformsandmodernisationandovertheperiodofthetwoworldwars.Withtheuseofrareandpreviouslyunseenarchivematerial,includingtheoriginalminutes,theauthorshaveproducedacareful,authoritativeandfascinatingaccountofthehistoryanddevelopmentofoneofBritain'smostfamoushospitals.Embellishedwithevocativeandoftenraredocumentaryillustrations,thisbookwillbeofthegreatestinterestandvaluetoallthoseassociatedwithAddenbrooke's:clinicians,nursingandadministrativestaff,studentsandpatients,aswellastoanyonewithaninterestinthesocialandmedicalhistoryofCambridge.