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Excavations at the site of the burial ground of the old Radcliffe
Infirmary, Oxford, revealed the largest assemblage of individual
burials yet recovered from an 18th/19th century hospital site in
Britain. Founded in 1770 with funds from the estate of the Royal
physician and MP John Radcliffe, the infirmary was rare in having
its own dedicated burial ground. The skeletons span a short period
of time, between 1770 and 1852, and comprise patients who had not
been claimed for burial in their home parish. Virtually all of them
are unidentified, but documentary evidence shows that they comprise
members of the labouring and middle classes, most of whom had
originated from the locality and the surrounding counties. Their
bones provide an important perspective on the health of
industrialising post-medieval populations, characterised by high
rates of trauma and disease. They highlight the hitherto
unrecognised role that the operating theatre and mortuary played in
the development of medical education in Oxford. Further, they offer
a unique and fascinating perspective on early modern hospital care,
surgery and burial, from a period when hospitals underwent a
radical transformation, becoming the medically-focused institutions
that we know today.
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'Remember Me To All' (Hardcover)
Louise Loe, Caroline Barker, Kate Brady, Margaret Cox, Helen Webb
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R838
R785
Discovery Miles 7 850
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During the First World War, 250 soldiers were buried behind enemy
lines in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts of the village of
Fromelles, Northern France. They were among several thousand
Australian and British soldiers who were killed in the Battle of
Fromelles on the 19th and 20th July 1916, the first action on the
Western Front to involve the Australian Imperial Force. This volume
describes Oxford Archaeology's contribution to a joint Australian
and British government mission, under the management of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, to recover the soldiers and
re-bury them with full military honours in a new Commonwealth War
Graves cemetery in Fromelles. Bringing together an international
team of forensic and investigative professionals, Oxford
Archaeology excavated and scientifically examined the remains of
the soldiers and items - remnants of uniforms, insignia, and
poignant mementoes of home, among them a return train ticket and a
heart-shaped leather pouch - buried with them. With the full
support and co-operation of the soldiers' families, this evidence
was employed alongside DNA and historical sources in an attempt to
identify the soldiers by name for their commemoration on
headstones. Since the recovery operation began in 2009, limited
information has been revealed about the project. This volume is the
comprehensive account of the work. Ultimately, however, this is a
story of the soldiers, their bravery and sacrifice. With
contributions by: Alison Anderson, Matt Bradley, Carl Champness,
Ambika Flavel, Wayne Hoban, Peter Jones, Dai Lewis, Tim Loveless,
Paul Murray, Dan Poore, Lucian Pricop, Ian Scott, Mark Viner, James
Walker, Roland Wessling and Richard Wright
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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