‘The god of criminals is their belly’: diet, prisoner health, and prison medical officers in mid-nineteenth-century English and Irish prisons

Catherine Cox, Hilary Marland

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DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2023.36
Published: 2024-04-08
Container: Medical History
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
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@article{allodium:10.1017/mdh.2023.36,
  title = {‘The god of criminals is their belly’: diet, prisoner health, and prison medical officers in mid-nineteenth-century English and Irish prisons},
  author = {Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland},
  year = {2024},
  journal = {Medical History},
  doi = {10.1017/mdh.2023.36},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2023.36}
}

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Cox, C., & Marland, H. (2024). ‘The god of criminals is their belly’: diet, prisoner health, and prison medical officers in mid-nineteenth-century English and Irish prisons. Medical History. https://doi.org/10.1017/mdh.2023.36

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