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Surgeons of the Fleet: The Royal Navy and Its Medics from Trafalgar to Jutland

Surgeons of the Fleet: The Royal Navy and Its Medics from Trafalgar to Jutland Hardback - 2010

by David McLean

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Hardback. New. During her imperial heyday, Britain's greatest fighting force - the Royal Navy - was only ever as good as its surgeons. This title explores the dramatic story of medical practice on the high seas, offering the portrait of the men who dedicated their lives to the Navy, and their contribution to its efficacy as a military machine.
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David McLean is Professor of History at Kings College London. His many publications include Education and Empire: Naval Tradition and England's Elite Schooling, Public Health and Politics in the Age of Reform: Cholera, the State and the Royal Navy in Victorian Britain and War, Diplomacy and Informal Empire: Britain and the Republics of La Plata 1836-53 (all I.B.Tauris).