

An edition of British Military and Naval Medicine, 1600-1830 (Clio Medica) (2007)
By Geoffrey L. Hudson
Publish Date
December 15, 2007
Publisher
Editions Rodopi
Language
eng
Pages
290
Description:
"Standing armies and navies brought with them military medical establishments, shifting the focus of disease management from individuals to groups. Prevention, discipline, and surveillance produced results, and career opportunities for physicians and surgeons. All these developments had an impact on medicine and society, and were in turn influenced by them. The essays within examine these phenomena, exploring the imperial context, nursing and medicine in Britain, naval medicine, as well as the relationship between medicine, the state and society"--Back cover.