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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826137303321

Autore

Brockliss L. W. B

Titolo

Nelson's surgeon : William Beatty, naval medicine, and the battle of Trafalgar / / Laurence Brockliss, John Cardwell, and Michael Moss

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005

ISBN

1-383-04341-8

1-280-75920-8

0-19-151604-X

1-4294-7103-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Altri autori (Persone)

CardwellJ. Stewart <1938-> (John Stewart)

MossMichael S

Disciplina

617/.092

B

Soggetti

Surgeons - Great Britain

Surgery, Naval - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Trafalgar, Battle of, 1805

Great Britain History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-212) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Naval surgeon during the French wars -- Origins and early career -- The Mediterranean and Trafalgar -- Beatty and Nelson's apotheosis -- Later career.

Sommario/riassunto

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.