Wars, pestilence & the surgeon's blade : the evolution of British military medicine and surgery during the nineteenth century / Thomas Scotland & Steven Heys.

  • Scotland, Thomas (Thomas R.)
Date:
2013
  • Books

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Also known as

Wars, pestilence, and the surgeon's blade : the evolution of British military medicine and surgery during the nineteenth century

Publication/Creation

Solihull : Helion & Company Ltd., 2013.

Physical description

xvii, 407 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Contents

Setting the scene -- Sir James McGrigor, the father of British military medicine -- The Walcheren Campaign -- The Peninsular War -- The Battle of Waterloo -- The British Legion in Spain -- Henry Marshall & the statistics of disease -- Minor wars -- Development of military anaesthesia in the 19th century -- The Crimea -- Medical reforms after the Crimean War -- American Civil War -- The Franco Prussian War (1870-1871) -- The Second Boer War -- The Russo-Japanese War -- Concluding remarks.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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    History of Medicine
    LM.41.AA8
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9781909384095
  • 1909384097