Hospital Care and the British Standing Army, 1660 1714

ISBN-13: 9781138263062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 266 str.

Eric Gruber Von Arni

Opis

Taking a broadly chronological approach, this book explores the nature and the quality of medical, nursing and welfare facilities provided in hospitals for soldiers during the formative years of the British standing army between 1660 and 1714. It shows how over the course of the late seventeenth century, the British army adapted and developed its facilities in line with new advances in science, medicine and military theory, as well as showing how contact with European armies provided inspiration.

Recenzje

'Eric Gruber von Arni has provided a splendid account of the birth of modern military medicine, charting the development of hospitals in the British Army from the Restoration, through the Irish campaigns of William III, to the war of Spanish Succession. Contrary to established views, he shows that commanders such as Marlborough often took great interest in the care of their troops, and significantly reduced fatalities in doing so. Based on thorough research in a wide range of archives, this book will become essential reading for anyone interested in the history of early modern military medicine.' Dr Mark Harrison, Reader in the History of Medicine and Director of the Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, University of Oxford. '... von Arni has produced a detailed and valuable study of medical administration...' Journal of Military History 'No-one interested in the early days of the British Army should fail to have this book: it is masterly in its research and analysis, detailed in its documenting of a much-neglected yet vital area of the social history of the Army and meticulous in its footnotes.' Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research ’Gruber von Arni has produced an excellent and much-needed series of contributions to the professional literature for those serving within the field of military medicine. At the same time, this historical work provides a reading of English documents that will stimulate specialists in this period to go further in examining the subject, particularly the interrelationships between military and naval medical practice, and, even more importantly, to examine the subject in the light of foreign archival materials.’ English Historical Review

Spis treści

Contents: Preface; Introduction; The Garrison Hospital at Tangier, 1662-1683; Hospitals and welfare for the standing army in Britain, 1660-1688; Hospital provision in Ireland, 1689-1692; Medical support during the Nine Years' War in Flanders; Soldier patients in the London hospitals; Hospital provision during Marlborough's campaigns; The army's hospitals in Spain and Portugal; Evaluation; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.

O autorze

Eric Gruber von Arni