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From medieval leper houses and plague pits to AIDS, this book charts the history of infectious diseases in Edinburgh, and looks specifically at the Colinton Mains Farm City Hospital for infectious disease, opened by King Edward VII in 1903.
This is a written Fly on the wall-style study from the mid-19th century. It follows the progress of those citizens of Edinburgh who turned up in the admission room of the city's Royal Infirmary. From the notes left at the old Infirmary, it has been possible to build this picture of life then.