{"product_id":"2026100008656-secondhand-from-charity-to-teaching-hospital","title":"From Charity To Teaching Hospital","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the humblest origins of charitable care to the cutting edge of modern medical education, From Charity to Teaching Hospital chronicles the remarkable transformation of a British institution through centuries of change, struggle, and progress. Howard Williams presents a meticulously researched institutional history that traces the evolution of a hospital from its philanthropic foundations — where the sick and destitute were tended by the goodwill of benefactors — through to its emergence as a centre of academic medicine, training the doctors and surgeons who would define modern healthcare.\n\nWilliams brings a historian's precision and a storyteller's warmth to this absorbing narrative, weaving together the lives of patients, physicians, administrators, and reformers who shaped the institution's identity. The broader themes of social responsibility, medical advancement, and the ever-shifting relationship between public need and institutional ambition resonate far beyond the walls of any single hospital. For anyone captivated by the history of medicine or the development of British social institutions, this is an account that raises a compelling question: what does it truly mean to heal a community?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49342769037531,"sku":"2026100008656-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/208ec8d4-6443-427e-959d-e542cd486ffe.png?v=1790048866","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008656-secondhand-from-charity-to-teaching-hospital","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}