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Auteur:	Brockliss, Laurence
Titel:	Nelson's Surgeon William Beatty, Naval Medicine, and the Battle of Trafalgar
Uitgever:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780199541355
Land van oorsprong:	United Kingdom
Prijs:	€ 52.88
Verschijningsdatum:	24-07-2008
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	History of medicine
Geogr.gebied:	United Kingdom, Great Britain
Periode:	c 1700 to c 1800
Geillustreerd:	17 halftones, 4 maps, 1 line drawing
Dewey code:	359.345092

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	240
Hoogte mm.:	233
Breedte mm.:	160
Dikte mm.:	13
Gewicht gr.:	434

 

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The death of Admiral Nelson on 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.