Battle-Scarred - Mortality, Medical Care and Military Welfare in the British Civil Wars Pevná vazba
Historians of the British Civil Wars are increasingly taking notice of these bloody conflicts as a critical episode in the welfare history of Europe. Battle-scarred examines the human costs of the…
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Historians of the British Civil Wars are increasingly taking notice of these bloody conflicts as a critical episode in the welfare history of Europe. Battle-scarred examines the human costs of the conflict and the ways in which they left lasting physical and mental scars after the cessation of armed hostilities. From a wider perspective, it continues the huge advances which have been made in our understanding of the experiences of the common people during this series of conflicts. Its chapters analyse the effectiveness of the provision of medical care, how military welfare operated and the means by which the British peoples endured this traumatic catastrophe.The book focuses on epidemic disease, mortality, burial, wounds, surgery and hospitals, herbal medicine, desertion and demobilisation, trauma, imprisonment, pensions and charitable collections during