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MEN OF STEEL: SURGERY IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS

by Michael Crumplin

Published by Quiller Press. 1st. 2007

Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. A detailed account of the practice of surgery during the pre-anaesthetic and pre-antiseptic days of the Napoleonic War. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 384 pages including index.

Lengthy gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-rubbed and is scuffed to rear panel.

ISBN: 9781904057949
Stock no. 1829813

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Contents

  • Foreword by His Grace The Duke of Wellington
  • Introduction
  • 1 Straw Feet
  • 2 Weapons and Wounds
  • 3 Injury and Retrieval
  • 4 Surgical Services on Campaign
  • 5 Men of Steel
  • 6 The Surgeon's Chest
  • 7 The Surgery - Part 1 - General Issues
  • 8 The Surgery - Part 2 - Head and Neck
  • 9 The Surgery - Part 3 - Chest and Abdomen
  • 10 The Surgery - Part 4 - Amputation
  • 11 Picking up the Pieces
  • 12 Some Notable Surgeons
  • "The Surgeons"
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index

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