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London: Henry Melland . Very Good/Very Good. 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 0907929052 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Red cloth boards with bright gilt titling. No ownership marks. Frontis, illustrations, photographs. 240 pages clean and tight. A letter to the British Medical Journal in 1882 told how a doctor had to visit a patient six miles away, in rain and snow, whilst suffering from jaundice, an ulcerated throat and a temperature of 102 degrees! He could not afford a locum and suggested a Friendly Society should be formed. This provoked much correspondence but the difficulties were formidable. They were overcome, largely due to the efforts of the first Chairman, a most remarkable and controversial character. The problems faced by the young Society included demands for more generous benefits, which could have brought disaster. Changes in medical practice were taking place and the motor car, supplementing the horse, brought new risks of accident. Then came the First…
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Care for the Caring: Medical Sickness Annuity and Life Assurance Society Ltd., 1884-1984 Hardcover - 1984
by Geoffrey J. Knapman
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- Title Care for the Caring: Medical Sickness Annuity and Life Assurance Society Ltd., 1884-1984
- Author Geoffrey J. Knapman
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Henry Melland, London
- Date 1984
- ISBN 9780907929055
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