This study demonstrates the emergence and development of the identity of the ‘military medical officer’ and places their work within the broader context of changes to British medicine during the first half of the nineteenth century.
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Innehållsförteckning
Introduction; Chapter 1 The Low Countries and the West Indies; Chapter 2 Walcheren and the Army Medical Board; Chapter 3 Egypt, Ophthalmia and Plague; Chapter 4 The Peninsular War; Chapter 5 James Mcgrigor in the Peninsula; Chapter 6 Beyond the Wars; conclusion Conclusion;
