1st Edition
'Regimental Practice' by John Buchanan, M.D. An Eighteenth-Century Medical Diary and Manual
Edited By Paul Kopperman
Copyright 2012
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
246 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1746, Dr John Buchanan, recently retired as a medical officer in the British Army, produced a manuscript entitled, 'Regimental Practice, or a Short History of Diseases common to His Majesties own Royal Regiment of Horse Guards when abroad (Commonly called the Blews).' Revised in several stages almost until the time of Buchanan's death in 1767, this work was for the most part based on the... Read more
Introduction; Chapter 1; Notes on Transcription; Chapter 2 Regimental Practice;
Biography
Paul E. Kopperman is a professor of history at Oregon State University, where he has taught since 1978. Among his many publications are two books, Braddock at the Monongahela and Sir Robert Heath, 1575-1649: Window on an Age. His main research interests are British military and medical history in the eighteenth century. He is currently working on a book about medicine, sickness, and health in the British Army that served in North America and the West Indies 1755-1783.
'... a welcome addition not only to resources on the history of military medicine, but also to eighteenth-century medical practice and innovation more broadly... The publication of Buchanan’s manuscript reinforces recent work on early modern and eighteenth-century military medicine that portrays health care in the British armed forces as of a higher standard than has long been assumed, as well as a site for medical innovation and empiricism.' Social History of Medicine
