Wars, Pestilence and the Surgeon's Blade : Evolution of British Military Medicine and Surgery during the Nineteenth Century - Thomas Scotland

Wars, Pestilence and the Surgeon's Blade

Evolution of British Military Medicine and Surgery during the Nineteenth Century

By: Thomas Scotland, Steven Heys

Paperback | 15 January 2019

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Wars in the 19th Century were accompanied by a very heavy loss of life from infectious diseases. Typhus fever, dysentery, malaria, typhoid fever and yellow fever caused many more deaths than wounds inflicted by enemy actions. During the Peninsular War, for example, for every soldier dying of a wound, four succumbed to disease.

This book examines the development and evolution of surgical practice against this overwhelming risk of death due to disease. It reviews three major conflicts during this time: the Peninsular War, the Crimean War and the Boer War and also considers many minor wars fought by the British Empire in the intervening years, and highlights significant medical and surgical developments during these conflicts.

75 b/w illustrations, figures, maps, 37 tables

About the Authors

Tom Scotland - Born in St. Andrews and brought up in the East Neuk of Fife, Tom was educated at Waid Academy in Anstruther. He graduated in Medicine from the University of Edinburgh 1971, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1975. He developed his interest in the Great War whilst a student, when there were still many veterans alive. He trained in orthopaedic surgery in Aberdeen, and after spending a year as a fellow in the University of Toronto, returned to take up the position of Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon with Grampian Health Board and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen.

Steven graduated in Medicine from the University of Aberdeen and is a Fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in England, Edinburgh and Glasgow and currently Dean of the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition at the University of Aberdeen. His surgical specialty is breast cancer surgery and he has research interests in the role of nutrition in the causation of cancer, and has responsibilities for medical education both locally and nationally. He has published more than 200 scientific papers and written many book chapters on different aspects of surgery and played many national and international roles in surgery and the provision of surgical services.
Industry Reviews
" ... a stimulating and informative work on an important subject."-- "Soldiers of the Queen"
" ... I enjoyed the engaging style; learnt much, and recommend this important book to the general reader interested in British military history."-- "British Journal for Military History"
" ... I looked forward to reading this one. I was not disappointed ... Anyone with an interest in medical history, or military history, will be interested in this fascinating book ...-- "Surgeon's News: The Magazine of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh"
" I would recommend this book to the military historian as a means of acquiring an insight into military medicine and the Army Medical Services in the 19th Century".-- "Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research"
"One of the real strengths of this book lies in the attention that it draws to the plight of the soldier in undertaking his trade ... The production value of this book is superb. ... It is noteworthy ... for how readable and accessible the authors have made this subject to the reading audience. Scotland and Heys are outstanding medical historians and are to be commended for their work in this book."-- "Canadian Military History Journal"

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