1st Edition

War and the Militarization of British Army Medicine, 1793–1830

By Catherine Kelly Copyright 2011
    240 Pages
    by Routledge

    232 Pages
    by Routledge

    This study demonstrates the emergence and development of the identity of the ‘military medical officer’ and places their work within the broader context of changes to British medicine during the first half of the nineteenth century.

    Introduction; Chapter 1 The Low Countries and the West Indies; Chapter 2 Walcheren and the Army Medical Board; Chapter 3 Egypt, Ophthalmia and Plague; Chapter 4 The Peninsular War; Chapter 5 James Mcgrigor in the Peninsula; Chapter 6 Beyond the Wars; conclusion Conclusion;

    Biography

    Catherine Kelly