Wellington's Doctors: The British Army Medical Services in the Napoleonic Wars

by Martin Howard

The doctors of Britain s Napoleonic army played a crucial role in the war against France. Wellington was fully aware of this and was the first British general to praise his doctors in dispatches. However, despite their importance, Wellington s doctors receive little attention in most accounts of the wars. In this groundbreaking study, many rare contemporary Napoleonic memoirs and letters have been consulted to give a unique and vivid picture of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862274932
• ISBN13: 9781862274938
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: History Press (SC)
• Length: 281 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.5"