The history and heritage of St James's Hospital, Dublin

The alchemy of medicine and print

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin

Danielle Westerhof, editor

This volume arises from a conference held in November 2008 at the Royal Society in London to mark the 275th anniversary of the establishment of the Edward Worth…

The medical profession and the exercise of power in early nineteenth-century Cork

Neil Cronin

In 1820, the surgical management of children with bladder stones in the South Infirmary was criticised by a prominent Cork surgeon, giving rise to a furious and…

Dublin, 1745–1922

Hospitals, spectacle & vice

Gary A. Boyd

Based on material from the Rotunda Hospital, the Lock (venereal) Hospital and the Hospital for Incurables, this book challenges the vision of 18th-century Dubli…

Strokestown and the Great Irish Famine

Ciarán Reilly

‘The most in-depth study of the effects of the Famine on a landed estate and its community … With the help of this book, we are brought deep inside the actualit…

The role of the hospital in medieval England

Gift-giving and the spiritual economy

Sheila Sweetinburgh

Hospitals in medieval England gave and received gifts as part of the spiritual economy, engaging in an ongoing process of gift-exchange and reciprocity with the…

Dublin, 1930–1950

The emergence of the modern city

Joseph Brady

Using a great variety of source materials, and including a large number of photographs and other images, this book builds a picture of Dublin between 1930 and 1…