The Chemistry of Famine: Nutritional Controversies and the Irish Famine, c.1845–7

The activities of Irish medical practitioners in relieving the impact of the Irish Famine (c.1845–52) have been well documented. However, analysis of the function of contemporary medico-scientific ideas relating to food has remained mostly absent from Famine historiography. This is surprising, given...

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Autor principal: Miller, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3483744/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23112380
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2012.27