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BENEFICENCE, TEMPERANCE AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Article first published online: 21 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb02029.x
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Cramond, T. (1997), BENEFICENCE, TEMPERANCE AND MEDICAL SCIENCE. Aust. N.Z. J. Surg., 67: 512–519. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb02029.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 21 JAN 2008
- Accepted for publication 20 December 1996.
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Keywords:
- John Coakley Lettsom;
- Medical Society of London;
- resuscitation;
- Royal Humane Society.
John Coakley Lettsom (1744–1815) founded the Medical Society of London and played a key role in the development of the Royal Humane Society. His Quaker background underpinned his interest in social reform. He established dispensaries and soup kitchens for the poor, recognized the need for public health measures in the control of disease, and advocated prison reform and education of the poor.