Table of Contents

1: The Naval Surgeon during the French Wars
2: Origins and Early Career
3: The Mediterranean and Trafalgar
4: Beatty and Nelson's Apotheosis
5: Later Career
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Reviews

The true strength of this book...lies in revealing the role of the hundreds of forgotten naval surgeons who ensured that their crews were healthy and ready to fulfil Nelson's daring plans, through the career of one of their most successful number. Surgeon Sub-Lieutenant Melvin J Leong, Royal Navy In a rigorously researched piece of work the authors paint a vivid portrait of the hellish brutality and occasional tedium of life on board a vessel of Nelson's fleet. Graeme Glass, British Medical Journal ...an interesting read... The Northern Mariner, Vol. 16, No. 2 ...a most welcome work. British Journal of Eighteenth Century Studies the best account available of the terms, conditions, and recruitment of naval surgeons, set against the background of important changes in medical education and the 'medical marketplace' Mark Harrison, War in History