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Nelson's surgeon : William Beatty, naval medicine, and the Battle of Trafalgar / Laurence Brockliss, John Cardwell and Michael Moss.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brockliss, L. W. B., author.
- Cardwell, M. John, author.
- Moss, Michael S., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Beatty, William, -1842.
- Beatty, William.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--Medical care--History--18th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--Medical care--History--19th century.
- Medicine, Naval--England--History--18th century.
- Medicine, Naval.
- Medicine, Naval--England--History--19th century.
- Ship physicians--England--Biography.
- Ship physicians.
- Ship physicians--Ireland--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- William Beatty was the surgeon who attended Admiral Nelson on his flagship, the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. This work traces Beatty's life and career as a leading naval surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars, and shows how he later publicized the deathbed scene of Nelson.
- Contents:
- The Naval surgeon during the French wars
- Origins and early career
- The Mediterranean and Trafalgar
- Beatty and Nelson's apotheosis
- Later career.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04341-8
- 1-280-75920-8
- 0-19-151604-X
- 1-4294-7103-4
- OCLC:
- 476256807
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