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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Index to James' Naval History
Author: C. G. ToogoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Naval and Military Memoirs of Great Britain, from 1727 to 1783
Author: Robert BeatsonPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Naval Chronology
Author: Isaac SchombergPublisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 772
Book Description
A New Edition of the Royal Kalendar
Author: Physician to the Fleet
Author: Brian ValePublisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 1843836041
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Details Thomas Trotter's important contributions, as a naval surgeon and after, to the eradication of scurvy and typhus, to the study of addiction, and to improved health and safety in mines. Thomas Trotter, after studying medicine at Edinburgh, began his naval career as a surgeon's mate in 1779 and saw continuous service up to the peace of 1802, rising as a result of great abilities and the right patronage to become Physician to the Channel Fleet, and being present at the great battles of Dogger Bank in 1781 and the Glorious First of June in 1794. As Physician to the Channel Fleet, he was a major player in the conquest of scurvy and the control of typhus and smallpox in the navy. After the peace he settled in Newcastle where he produced pioneering work on alcoholism and neurosis, as a result of which he is regarded as one of the founders of the field of addiction studies. This book provides an intimate account of naval life in the great age of sail from the perspective of a surgeon, describing the impact of Enlightenment ideas and new medical techniques, and showing how improved health was a crucial factor in making possible the British fleet's great victories in this period. BRIAN VALE is a maritime historian, whose books include Independence or Death: British sailors and Brazilian Independence (Tauris 1996), A Frigate of King George, Life and Duty on a British Man-of-War (Tauris 2001) and The Audacious Admiral Cochrane (Conway 2004). GRIFFITH EDWARDS, Emeritus Professor at King's College, London, is one of the country's leading experts on addiction. His publications include Alchohol: the Ambiguous Molecule (Penguin 2000) and Matters of Substance (Penguin 2005).
The Court and City Register Or Gentleman's Complete Annual Kalendar
Author: The Naval Chronicle, Containing a General and Biographical History of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a Variety of Original Papers on Nautical Subjects
Author: The Naval Chronicle
Author: James Stanier ClarkePublisher:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 718
Book Description
Contains a general and biographical history of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, with a variety of original papers on nautical subjects, under the guidance of several literary and professional men.
The United Service Magazine
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Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
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