In the popular imagination, the notion of military medicine prior
to the twentieth century is dominated by images of brutal
ignorance, superstition and indifference. In an age before the
introduction of anaesthetics, antibiotics and the sterilisation of
instruments, it is perhaps unsurprising that such a stereotyped
view has developed, but to what degree is it correct? Whilst it is
undoubtedly true that by modern standards, the medical care
provided in previous centuries was crude and parochial, it would be
wrong to think that serious attempts were not made by national
bodies to provide care for those injured in the military conflicts
of the past. In this ground breaking study, it is argued that both
sides involved in the civil wars that ravaged the British Isles
during the mid seventeenth century made concerted efforts to
provide medical care for their sick and wounded troops. Through the
use of extensive archival sources, Dr Gruber von Arni has pieced
together the history of the welfare provided by both
Parliamentarian and Royalist causes, and analyses the effectiveness
of the systems they set up.
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