From 1650 to 1750 the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians

From 1650 to 1750, the provision of medical care for injured seamen in the Royal Navy underwent a major transformation, shifting from care provided by civilians

Although Canadian history has no shortage of stories about disasters and accidents, the phenomena of risk, upset, and misfortune have been largely overlooked by

Bringing together essays on uses of history as both a practical activity and an approach to thinking about the present, this collection explores ways in which p

This investigation contributes to the existing scholarship on women and medicine in early modern Britain by examining the diagnosis and treatment of female pati