{"product_id":"john-haygarth-frs","title":"John Haygarth, FRS","description":"An excellent biography of John Haygarth, an important 18th-century physician who is most well known for his visionary plan to eliminate smallpox from Great Britain through the careful practice of inoculation \u0026amp; isolation. Haygarth made many more innovative \u0026amp; far-reaching contributions to medicine \u0026amp; to philanthropy. He became a physician in Chester in 1767. There he introduced separate wards in the Chester Infirmary where patients with fever could be isolated \u0026amp; cared for. It was the stimulus for the development of the fever hospitals of 19th cent. England. He also played a major role in the foundation of the Bath Provident Institution for savings, a model for the savings-bank movement in England. Black \u0026amp; white illustrations.","brand":"Christopher Booth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43576179720374,"sku":"9780871692542","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780871692542.jpg?v=1729600932","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/john-haygarth-frs","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}