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Nelson's surgeon : William Beatty, naval medicine, and the battle of Trafalgar /

In the lead-up to the bicentenary of Trafalgar a number of important new studies have been published about the life of Nelson and his defeat of the Combined Fleet in 1805. Despite the significant role played by the health and fitness of the British crews in securing the victory, little has been writ...

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Main Author: Brockliss, L. W. B.
Other Authors: Cardwell, J. Stewart (John Stewart), 1938-, Moss, Michael S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Beatty, William, > -1842.
Beatty, William, > -1842
Surgeons > Great Britain > Biography.
Surgery, Naval > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805.
Surgery.
General Surgery
History, 19th Century
Naval Medicine > history
General Surgery > history
surgery (health care function)
Great Britain > History > 19th century.
United Kingdom
Biography
Biographies.
Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9781429471039
1429471034
1280759208
9781280759208
019151604X
9780191516047
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The Naval surgeon during the French wars
  • Origins and early career
  • The Mediterranean and Trafalgar
  • Beatty and Nelson's apotheosis
  • Later career.

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