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Books for orientation<\/p>\n

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In a previous blog*\u00a0I extolled the virtues of walking in London. Here are a couple of books to set local walks in an historical\u00a0 public health and tropical medicine context.<\/p>\n

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Black, Nick. Walking London\u2019s medical history. London : Hodder Arnold, 2012.<\/p>\n

Library location: DX.43, 2012 (main reading room)<\/p>\n

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Professor Nick Black describes 7 short walks on the theme of medicine and public health in the capital. Walk 3 \u2013 \u201cA cradle of reform\u201d passes the Tavistock Place site and describes a jagged U shape starting at Euston and finishing at Kings Cross, and is described in the introductory section as: \u201cHow in a 40-year period health care was radically altered by the events that took place in one small area of London\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Another local walk, number 1, describes a very jagged \u201cb\u201d shape from Tottenham Court Road to Covent Garden tube stations, the theme being \u201cChurch, Crown and City\u201d \u2013 how they have competed with each other to control health services and influence health care policy.<\/p>\n

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To find out more about walks 2,4,5,6 and 7 why not borrow the book?<\/p>\n

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Cook, G. C. From the Greenwich Hulks to Old St Pancras. A history of tropical disease in London. London : Athlone Press, 1992.<\/p>\n

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Library location: UB.D.43, 1992 (Barnard Room)<\/p>\n

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The author sets out the history of tropical medicine in London from its maritime beginnings, the formation of the Seamen\u2019s Hospital Society, the establishment of the LSHTM and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.<\/p>\n

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This work is not a walking guide but may inspire exploration of the Docklands, Greenwich, Bloomsbury and St Pancras.<\/p>\n

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