Victory Over Disease: Resolving the Medical Crisis in the Crimean War, 1854-1856
- ISBN-10
- 1911628313
- ISBN-13
- 9781911628316
- Category
- Crimean War, 1853-1856
- Pages
- 308
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-04
- Publisher
- From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
- Author
- Michael Hinton
Description
Detailed analyses of primary documents associated with the medical aspects of the Crimean campaign indicate that the catastrophic collapse in the health of the British Army during the winter of 1854/55 was followed by a gradual improvement starting early in the New Year. This was not the result any major advances in medical science. Mainly, this wa
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