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'Regimental Practice' by John Buchanan, M.D. - An Eighteenth-Century Medical Diary and Manual (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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'Regimental Practice' by John Buchanan, M.D. - An Eighteenth-Century Medical Diary and Manual (Paperback, Annotated Ed)
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In 1746, Dr John Buchanan, recently retired as a medical officer in
the British Army, produced a manuscript entitled, 'Regimental
Practice, or a Short History of Diseases common to His Majesties
own Royal Regiment of Horse Guards when abroad (Commonly called the
Blews).' Revised in several stages almost until the time of
Buchanan's death in 1767, this work was for the most part based on
the author's observations while surgeon to a cavalry regiment
serving in Flanders 1742-45, during the War of the Austrian
Succession. It is a work of immense value to the understanding of
eighteenth-century interpretation and treatment of diseases, but as
yet has never been published. Presented here is an annotated modern
edition of the text, with an introductory section setting the work
in the context of Buchanan's life and career, and within the
broader framework of eighteenth-century medical practice.
Buchanan's practice of medicine generally represented the
mainstream of professional practice as regarded both his
understanding of disease and his treatment of it. Across the
decades of the eighteenth century there were discoveries and
fashions that impacted both the theory and the practice of
medicine. Various writers of that age, as well as a number of
historians since, have conveyed the sense that practice was
chaotic. On the contrary, what this book argues is that methods
used to treat diseases were fairly standard. Therefore, by reading
Buchanan's manuscript one sees not only how he treated more than
three dozen diseases, as well as various wounds and injuries, but
also how these conditions were often treated in this period.
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