Wars, Pestilence and the Surgeon's Blade The Evolution of British Military Medicine and Surgery During the Nineteenth Century |
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Author:
| Heys, Steven Scotland, Thomas |
Editor:
| Heys, Steven Scotland, Thomas |
ISBN: | 978-1-911628-33-0 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
Publisher: | Helion & Company, Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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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 th
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 th