
By Laurence Brockliss, John Cardwell, Michael Moss
ISBN-10: 0199287422
ISBN-13: 9780199287420
ISBN-10: 1429471034
ISBN-13: 9781429471039
Within the lead-up to the bicentenary of Trafalgar a couple of vital new reviews were released in regards to the lifetime of Nelson and his defeat of the mixed Fleet in 1805. regardless of the numerous function performed through the health and wellbeing and health of the British crews in securing the victory, little has been written hitherto in regards to the naval physician within the period of the lengthy struggle opposed to France. This booklet is meant to fill the space. Sir William Beatty (1773-1842) was once health care provider of the Victory at Trafalgar. An Ulsterman from Londonderry, he had joined the army in 1791. prior to being warranted to Nelson's flagship, Beatty had served upon ten different warships, and survived a yellow fever epidemic, court docket martial, and shipwreck to percentage within the trap of a Spanish treasure send. After Trafalgar, he turned health care provider of the Channel Fleet, established at Plymouth, and finally medical professional to Greenwich sanatorium, the place he served until eventually his retirement in 1838. because the publication makes transparent in drawing upon an intensive prosopographical database, Beatty's profession until eventually 1805 was once consultant of the adventure of the nearly 2,000 naval surgeons who joined the army during the warfare. the 1st a part of the biography offers a close and scholarly creation to the pro schooling, education, and paintings of the naval health practitioner. yet after 1805 Beatty grew to become a member of the carrier elite, and his occupation turns into attention-grabbing for different purposes. within the ultimate a long time of his lifestyles, Beatty was once excess of a senior naval general practitioner. As a Fellow of the Royal Society, director of the Clerical and medical health insurance corporation, and director of the London to Greenwich Railway, he was once a famous determine in London's company and medical neighborhood, who used his turning out to be wealth to construct a wide choice of books and manuscripts. His later existence is testimony to the a lot wider contribution that a few naval and military scientific officials made to the improvement of the recent Britain of the 19th century. In Beatty's case, too, the contribution was once unique. by way of publishing in 1807 his rigorously crafted Authentic Narrative of the loss of life of Lord Nelson, he used to be instrumental in forging the parable of the hero's final hours, which has develop into part of the nationwide recognition and has helped to outline for generations the concept that of Britishness.