02892nam 22006614a 450 991077702830332120230919212256.01-383-04341-81-280-75920-80-19-151604-X1-4294-7103-4(CKB)1000000000411740(EBL)422396(OCoLC)476256807(SSID)ssj0000209210(PQKBManifestationID)11201436(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000209210(PQKBWorkID)10265442(PQKB)10803918(Au-PeEL)EBL422396(CaPaEBR)ebr10233665(CaONFJC)MIL75920(MiAaPQ)EBC422396(EXLCZ)99100000000041174020050718d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNelson's surgeon William Beatty, naval medicine, and the battle of Trafalgar /Laurence Brockliss, John Cardwell, and Michael MossOxford ;New York :Oxford University Press,2005.1 online resource (xviii, 216 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) illustrationsDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-954135-3 0-19-928742-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [202]-212) and index.The Naval surgeon during the French wars -- Origins and early career -- The Mediterranean and Trafalgar -- Beatty and Nelson's apotheosis -- Later career.The death of Admiral Nelson on his flagship, the Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 is the basis of a well-known story. This book focuses on William Beatty, the surgeon who attended Nelson in his last hours and was later to publicize the deathbed scene. It traces his life and career as a leading naval surgeon during the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards. - ;In the lead-up to the bicentenary of Trafalgar a number of important new studies have been published about the life of Nelson and his defeat of the Combined Fleet in 1805. Despite the significant role played by the health and fitnessSurgeonsGreat BritainBiographySurgery, NavalGreat BritainHistory19th centuryTrafalgar, Battle of, 1805Great BritainHistory19th centurySurgeonsSurgery, NavalHistoryTrafalgar, Battle of, 1805.617/.092BBrockliss L. W. B503873Cardwell J. Stewart(John Stewart),1938-1548029Moss Michael S29485MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777028303321Nelson's surgeon3804763UNINA