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Abstract: . . . its poorest. The book opens with a description of the social envi- ronment of the borough placed against the growth of London at the zenith of the British Empire. Victorian endeavours to combat poverty and urban sanita- BOOK REVIEWS / COMPTES RENDUS 445 . . . . . . The Eighteenth-Century Origins of Angina Pectoris : Predisposing Causes, Recognition and Aftermath Leon Michaels London: The Wellcome Trust . . . . . . The Eighteenth-Century Origins of Angina Pectoris : Predisposing Causes, Recognition and Aftermath Leon Michaels London: The Wellcome Trust Center for the . . . . . . trans- portation meant less walking and less horseback riding. Michaels presents a detailed and convincing argument to the effect that angina pectoris was a relatively new symptom in the mid-17th century; that it was first noted in England; and that there was most likely a relation . . . . . . The Eighteenth-Century Origins of Angina Pectoris : Predisposing Causes, Recognition and Aftermath Leon Michaels London: The Wellcome Trust Center for the History of Medicine at UCL. . . . --1522,5,152,1527,7611
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