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Hospital Care and the British Standing Army, 1660-1714 (Paperback)
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Hospital Care and the British Standing Army, 1660-1714 (Paperback)
Series: The History of Medicine in Context
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At the Restoration of the Monarchy in 1660, amongst the first acts
of Charles II's government was the abolition of the New Model Army
and the sweeping away of the legislation and institutions that had
supported it, including most of the medical provisions provided by
the republican regime. Nevertheless, a small rump of the
Commonwealth forces was retained to form a royal standing army,
which rapidly expanded over the next sixty years to become a
formidable fighting force. Inevitably, as this force grew, the new
government was compelled to provide medical care for its soldiers
and ex-servicemen. Taking a broadly chronological approach, this
book explores the nature and the quality of medical, nursing and
welfare facilities provided in hospitals for soldiers during the
formative years of the British standing army between 1660 and 1714.
It shows how, over the course of latter part of the seventeenth
century, the British army adapted and developed its facilities in
line with new advances in science, medicine and military theory.
Increased involvement in continental wars and contact with European
armies provided inspiration for the founding of the well-known
Royal Hospitals at Chelsea and Kilmainham, based on Louis XIV's
HAtel des Invalides. The work also provides an in-depth examination
of the work of the hitherto sparsely documented field hospitals
that provided acute casualty care to troops during the reigns of
James II, William III and Queen Anne. Following on from his
ground-breaking study of medical care during the English Civil Wars
(Justice to the Maimed Soldier), Eric Gruber von Arni in this study
shows how the British army of the Restoration period struggled to
develop systems and institutions that could cope with the
increasing scale of contemporary warfare. Through extensive
archival research and a thorough understanding of military medical
requirements, a lucid account is provided that will be of interest
not only to military and medical historians, but also anyone
interested in the development of early modern institutions and
organisations.
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