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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brockliss, L. W. B.
Other Authors: Cardwell, J. Stewart (John Stewart), 1938-, Moss, Michael S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Beatty, William, > -1842.
Beatty, William, > -1842
1800-1899
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
Chirurgiens > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Chirurgie navale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Bataille de Trafalgar, 1805.
Chirurgie.
Médecine > Histoire > 19e siècle.
surgery (health care function)
MEDICAL > Surgery > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Medical.
Surgery
Surgeons
Surgery, Naval
Slaget vid Trafalgar 1805.
Navalmedicin > historia > Storbritannien > 1789-1815.
Kirurger > Storbritannien > biografi.
Great Britain > History > 19th century.
United Kingdom
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Spain > Cape Trafalgar
Great Britain
Biography
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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