TY  - GEN
T1  - Early modern naval health care in England, 1650-1750
T2  - McGill-Queen's/AMS healthcare studies in the history of medicine, health, and society ;
A1  - Neufeld, Matthew
LA  - English
PP  - Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
YR  - 2024
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1401921282
AB  - "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 in private homes to care at hospitals run by the navy. Early Modern Naval Health Care in England examines the factors responsible for the emergence of centralized naval health care over the course of a century. In 1650, sick and injured Royal Navy sailors were billeted in homes in coastal communities where civilians were paid to look after them. Care work, which involved making meals and feeding patients, administering medicines, washing clothes and bed linens, and shaving and cutting hair, was essential to the recovery of tens of thousands of seamen--and it was done mostly by women. Beginning at the turn of the eighteenth century, naval health care moved to a more centralized system based in hospitals, where the conduct of sailors and care workers could be overseen. A key factor driving this change was the relationships between naval officials and female civilian caregivers, which were often fraught. Yet even with the shift to naval hospital settings, most care for convalescing sailors continued to be provided by women. Early Modern Naval Health Care in England shines a light on the care work that lay behind England's formidable Royal Navy during the Age of Sail."--
OP  - 274
CN  - RC986 .N48 2024
SN  - 9780228020615
SN  - 0228020611
SN  - 9780228020608
SN  - 0228020603
SN  - 0228020581
SN  - 9780228020585
KW  - Great Britain. : Royal Navy : Medical care : History : 17th century.
KW  - Great Britain. : Royal Navy : Medical care : History : 18th century.
KW  - Great Britain. : Royal Navy
KW  - Sailors : Medical care : Great Britain : History : 17th century.
KW  - Sailors : Medical care : Great Britain : History : 18th century.
KW  - Medicine, Naval : Great Britain : History : 17th century.
KW  - Medicine, Naval : Great Britain : History : 18th century.
KW  - Marins : Soins médicaux : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 17e siècle.
KW  - Marins : Soins médicaux : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 18e siècle.
KW  - Médecine navale : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 17e siècle.
KW  - Médecine navale : Grande-Bretagne : Histoire : 18e siècle.
KW  - HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy
KW  - Armed Forces : Medical care
KW  - Medicine, Naval
KW  - Sailors : Medical care
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - 1600-1799
KW  - History
ER  -