Vital Accounts : Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
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'... contains interesting and suggestive material ...' The Economic History Review
'... interesting and compelling study ... Rusnock's book provides interesting insights to many aspects of demographic analysis in the eighteenth century ... It should be read by anyone with a serious interest in demography's history.' Local Population Studies
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This study examines the pre-history of statistics in eighteenth-century England and France, before state governments and other institutions began to collect statistical data on a regular basis. Eighteenth-century political and medical arithmeticians developed a variety of useful techniques to measure health and population. This book highlights the history of numerical tables, as new scientific instruments, and explains how they were used to evaluate smallpox inoculations, and the health and size of populations.
Vital Accounts : Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine)
Vital Accounts: Quantifying Health and Population in Eighteenth-Century England and France (Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine),Andrea A. Rusnock,Charles Rosenberg,Colin Jones,Cambridge University Press,0521803748,18th century,Biostatistics,England,Epidemiology,Europe - General,France,History,History Of Medicine,History: World,Life Sciences - Biology - General,Medical,Medical / Nursing,Mortality,Smallpox,Statistics, Medical,Vaccination,Epidemiology & medical statistics,History / Europe / General,History of science,Social history,c 1700 to c 1800
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