Wellingtons Doctors The British Army Medical Services in the Napleonic Wars

by Howard, Dr. Martin

• ISBN13: 9781862271432
• ISBN10: 1862271437
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Spellmount

Summary

This is the first and only comprehensive account of the crucial role played by British Army doctors in the Napoleonic Wars. Wellington himself was the first British general to praise doctors in dispatches but the medical contributions to these British campaigns has been largely overlooked until now. This definitive book, drawing on rare first-hand sources, fills a large gap in the social and military history of the period.

Author Biography

Martin Howard is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and Pathologists.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Map of Portugal and Spain	viii
The Army Doctor	1	(32)
In Battle	33	(34)
Transport	67	(24)
Hospitals	91	(34)
Surgery	125	(30)
Disease	155	(40)
On Campaign	195	(32)
Appendix I Contents of a regimental medical chest	227	(2)
Appendix II Set of surgical instruments for a regiment	229	(2)
Appendix III List of stores for a general hospital of 500 men	231	(2)
Appendix IV Return of surgical cases treated and capital operations performed in the General Hospital at Toulouse from 10 April to 28 June 1814	233	(2)
Appendix V Return of capital operations, primary and secondary, performed in the British General Hospitals, Brussels, or brought in from the field between 16 June and 31 July 1815	235	(2)
Appendix VI Patients treated and causes of death in the regimental and general hospitals of the Peninsular War, 1812--1814	237	(2)
Appendix VII Mortality and sickness in the Peninsular Army, 1811--1813	239	(2)
Bibliography	241	(10)
Index	251