Table of Contents

The Edinburgh Experience
Medicine at Sea
HMS Berwick
Surgeon of a Slaver
Northumbrian Interlude
Recalled to the Colours
The Royal Hospital, Haslar
Physician to the Channel Fleet
The Conquest of Scurvy
Shore-based in Plymouth
Honours and Half Pay
Married Life and Civilian Practice
An Essay on Drunkenness
A War of Pamphlets
A View of the Nervous Temperament
Physician as Poet and Playwright
Thomas Trotter and the Great Theatre of Life

Reviews

As expected from Boydell, the book is well-produced and illustrated.
*ANNUAL BULLETIN OF HISTORICAL LITERATURE*

The authors' evident enthusiasms and meticulous scholarship will surely encourage maritime historians, particularly those interested in naval medicine, to search out this book.
*INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MARITIME HISTORY*

A well-written and well-paced book that is essential reading for any historian of Nelson's Navy.
*MEDICAL HISTORY*

A commendable history.
*JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES*

[The authors] must be commended for their excellent contribution to furthering our understanding of this period. Their well-written and superbly researched biography will be welcomed by scholars and students of naval history, medical history, slavery and the Atlantic World.
*THE NORTHERN MARINER*

A core addition to any history collection with a focus on medicine or military.
*THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW*