Main Contents

1. Preface (In preparation)
   1. Foreword to the 1986 edition by Dr K.A. Latter
   2. Acknowledgements
1. The Rise of the Medical Benevolent Societies
   
   1. Origins
   2. The First Societies
   3. National Organisations
2. The Norfolk & Norwich Benevolent Medical Society
   
   1. Foundation
   2. The First Fifty Years
   3. 1836-1936
   4. The Last Fifty Years
3. Two Centuries of Medical Benevolence
   
   1. Motives
   2. The Growth of Life Insurance
   3. The Present and the Future
4. Bibliography
   
   1. Bibliographical Notes
   2. References
5. Appendix
   
   1. Physicians, Surgeons and Apothecaries in the County of Norfolk and City of Norwich, 1786
   2. List of Officers of the Society
   3. Purchasing Power of the Pound, 1786-1986
   4. Local Medical Benevolent Societies, Trusts and Funds in the United Kingdom, 1986

© Anthony Batty Shaw 1986