The Medical Marketplace and Medical Tradition in Nineteenth-century Ireland

• Published in: Folk Healing and Health Care Practices In Britain and Ireland p. 55
• Main Author: Catherine Cox
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berghahn Books 15.06.2010
• Edition: NED - New edition, 1
• Subjects: Anthropology; Behavioral sciences; Censuses; Cities; Complementary therapies; Economic disciplines; Economics; Employment; Ethnography; Ethnology; European history; European studies; Folk medicine; Health care industry; Health sciences; Human geography; Irish culture; Irish famine; Irish history; Irish literature; Irish studies; Labor economics; Medical personnel; Medical practice; Medical treatment; Metropolitan areas; Occupations; Physicians; Political geography; Population studies; Social sciences; Surgeons; Traditional medicine

In 1895, the charred body of Bridget Cleary, a 26-year-old woman, was found in a shallow grave in County Tipperary in Ireland. The immediate events that culminated in her death appeared to originate in a cold she caught which necessitated bed rest. As her illness proved resilient to all forms of med...