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Nelson's surgeon : William Beatty, naval medicine, and the battle of Trafalgar / Laurence Brockliss, John Cardwell, and Michael Moss.

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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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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Brockliss, L. W. B.
Other Authors: Cardwell, J. Stewart (John Stewart), 1938-, Moss, Michael S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Beatty, William, > -1842.
Surgeons > Great Britain > Biography.
Surgery, Naval > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805.
Surgery.
Surgeons.
Surgery, Naval.
Spain > Cape Trafalgar
Great Britain.
Biographies.
History.
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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