LEADER 03119nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910452146503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-75376-5 010 $a0-19-151483-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000476638 035 $a(EBL)415060 035 $a(OCoLC)476239638 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000099329 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11114034 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099329 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10007163 035 $a(PQKB)11465246 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC415060 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL415060 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10271565 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL75376 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000476638 100 $a20060918d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aAdvancing with the army$b[electronic resource] $emedicine, the professions, and social mobility in the British Isles, 1790-1850 /$fMarcus Ackroyd ... [et al.] 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (419 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-926706-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [361]-376) and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: The French Wars, Industrialization, and the Professions; 1 The Army Medical Service; 2 Background; 3 Education; 4 Army Careers; 5 Professional Life outside the Service; 6 Fortunes and Families; 7 Enquiring Minds; 8 Reflection; Appendix 1 Description of Database; Appendix 2 List of doctors in the sample; Manuscript Sources; Bibliography; Index 330 $aA detailed biographical study of the members of the army medical service during the Revolution and Napoleonic wars that charts their background and life both in and outside the army. It demonstrates how a group of medical practitioners from relatively humble backgrounds could use social contacts and experience forged in the army to become an established part of the educated British imperial elite. - ;Providing the first ever statistical study of a professional cohort in the era of the industrial revolution, this prosopographical study of some 450 surgeons who joined the army medical service du 606 $aMedicine, Military$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aSocial mobility$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aPhysicians$zGreat Britain$vBiography 606 $aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$xMedical care$zGreat Britain 607 $aGreat Britain$xHistory, Military$y1789-1820 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMedicine, Military$xHistory 615 0$aSocial mobility$xHistory 615 0$aPhysicians 615 0$aNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815$xMedical care 676 $a616.9/8023094109034 701 $aAckroyd$b Marcus$0978978 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452146503321 996 $aAdvancing with the army$92231687 997 $aUNINA