The Napoleonic wars : a medical history / Martin R. Howard.

  • Howard, Martin R.
Date:
2025
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Publication/Creation

Barnsley ; Havertown : Pen and Sword Military, 2025.

Physical description

ix, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Contents -- Preface -- List of illustrations -- List of maps -- Civilian and military medicine at the end of the eighteenth century and start of the nineteenth century -- Service de santé -- The medical services of Britain and other nations -- The French revolutionary period in Europe, 1792-1802 -- The West Indies -- Egypt -- India -- Early European campaigns of empire, 1803-1809 -- The Peninsular War -- The Russian campaign, 1812 -- The American war, 1812 -- Late European campaigns of empire, 1813-1815 -- The human cost -- The only proper school -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    LM.AA7-8
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 1399046160
  • 9781399046169