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Abeshouse, Benjamin Samuel. A Medical History of Napoleon Bonaparte. Norwich: Eaton Laboratories, 1964.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Napoleon, War of French Revolution and Napoleon, Egyptian Campaign, St. Helena, exile, prisoner under British , prisoner of war, prisoner, convict
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Abraham, J. Johnston. The Surgeon's Log: Impressions of the Far East. London: Chapman & Hall, 1911, 1912, 1913, xiv, 302 pp. Memoir.
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20th century, twentieth, Far East, East Asia, Southeast Asia, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography
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Acton, William. "Observations on Veneral Diseases in the United Kingdom, from Statistical Reports in the Army, Navy, and Merchant Services." Lancet (1846):703-05. From lecture, 1846. major issue among armed forces, mid-19th century; era of Contagious Diseases Acts.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; health; Royal Marine; Royal Navy;
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Acton, William. "On the Prevalence and Severity of Syphilis among the Troops Quartered in London as Compared with the Rarity of the Disease among the Soldiers in the Garrisons of Paris and Brussels." Lancet (1875): 570-73.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Acton, William. "On the Rarity and Mildness of Syphilis amongst the Belgian Troops Quartered at Brussels as Compared with Its Prevalence and Severity amongst the Foot Guards in London." Lancet (1860): 196-98.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Acton, William. Prostitution Considered in Its Moral, Social and Sanitary Aspects in London and Other Large Cities and Garrison Towns: With Proposals for the Control and Prevention of Its Attendant Evils. London: J. Churchill; London: Cass, 1870, 1972, 302 pp.
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19th C. (1800-1899); health; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; woman;
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England, woman
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Acton, William. Prostitution. New York: Praeger, 1870, 1969, 251 pp. Ed: Peter Fryer; abridged from expanded edition, 1870; era of Contagious Diseases Acts.
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19th C. (1800-1899); health; Royal Marine; Royal Navy; woman;
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, woman, Royal Marine, commando , Royal Navy, Britain, England
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Adams, Thomas R. & Waters, David W., comps. English Maritime Books Printed before 1801: Relating to Ships, Their Construction and Their Operation at Sea: Including Articles in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Arranged in Two Parts Alphabetically and Topically. Providence: John Carter Brown Library; London: NMM, 1995, xxxiv, 602 pp. Foreword: N.A.M. Rodger; 3809 indivdual entries under 24 topics; massive compilation & essential bibliography; cooperation from National Maritime Museum of London; details on number of copies and where located; earliest was 1528; e.g., navigational manuals, almanacs, works on gunnery, health, laws, instruments, conditions, etc.
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15th C. (1400-1499); 16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); 18th C. (1700-1799); association; bibliography; condition; gunnery; health; instrument; law; literature; maritime history; museum; naval lore;
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15th century, fifteenth, 16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, 18th century, eighteenth, bibliography, list, listing , maritime history, naval history , association, society, group, organization, organisation, conference, conference paper, symposium, literature, culture, museum, naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , gunnery, gun, weapon , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, law, instrument, navigation, compass, clock , condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life
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Addington, Anthony. An Essay on the Sea-Scurvy: Wherein Is Proposed an Easy Method of Curing that Distemper at Sea: And for Preserving Water Sweet for any Cruize or Voyage. Reading: C. Micklewright, 1753, 47 pp.
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18th century, eighteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , voyage
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Akiyama, Yuriko. Feeding the Nation: Nutrition and Health in Britain before World War One. London: I.B. Tauris, 2008, x, 293 pp. Cooks & health in RN.
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19th century, nineteenth, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition
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Akiyama, Yuriko. "Trained Cooks and Healthy Boys: Reforming the Mess in the Royal Navy before the First World War." MM, 94 (November 2008): 420-31.
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19th C. (1800-1899); condition; health; logistics; Royal Navy; victualling;
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19th century, nineteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies
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Albanov, Valerian. In the Land of White Death: An Epic Story of Survival in the Siberian Arctic. New York: Modern Library, 1917, 2000, xx, 205 pp. Trans from original Russian; European penetration of Arctic, a combination of folly, poor planning, luck & endurance.
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20th C. (1900-1999); Anglo-Russian; Arctic; exploration; health;
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20th century, twentieth, Anglo-Russian, Russia, tsarist, czarist, Soviet , Arctic, explore, exploration, expedition, polar, North Pole, Top of the World , exploration, explore, explorer, discover, discovery, adventure , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Aldridge, David D. "The Victualling of the British Naval Expedition to the Baltic Sea, 1715-1727." Scandinavian Economic History Review, 12 (1964): 1-25. During this period, 9 separate expeditions into the Baltic; commanded by Sir John Norris, Byng & Wager; new theater of operations & new logistical problems; Victualling Board met requirements creditably.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Baltic; diplomacy; health; logistics; Royal Navy; trade; victualling;
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18th century, eighteenth, diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Baltic, sea, trade, naval stores , Royal Navy, Britain, England, victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition , logistics, supply, supplies, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Allen, Paula Gunn. Pocahontas: Medicine Woman, Spy, Entrepreneur, Diplomat. San Francisco: HarperCollins, 2003, 2004, 366 pp. Popular history.
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Colonial America; diplomacy; enterprise; health; intelligence; Jamestown; naval lore; trade; woman;
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Colonial America, colony, colonial, colonial period, colonial navy, New England , diplomacy, treaty, foreign policy, Foreign Office, negotiation, international relations , Jamestown, colony, colony of Virginia, early settlement , intelligence, code breaking, espionage, counter-intelligence, Secret Service, SIGINT , naval lore, tradition, oral tradition, sea story, sea term, naval dictionary , woman, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing, enterprise, commerce, trade, business, economy, economic , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon
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Allison, Richard Sydney. Sea Diseases: The Story of a Great Natural Experiment in the Preventive Medicine in the Royal Navy. London: Bale Medical, 1943, xxiii, 218 pp.
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18th C. (1700-1799); Admiralty; age of sail; condition; health; Royal Navy; scurvy;
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18th century, eighteenth, Admiralty, admiral, administration, organization, organisation, headquarters, Navy Board, Lords of the Admiralty, age of sail, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Allison, Richard Sydney. The Surgeon Probationers. Belfast: Blackstaff, 1979, xix, 142 pp. Included "Clinical Notes" by R.J. Willan.
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condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency
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Alsop, J.D. "Sea Surgeons, Health and England's Maritime Expansion: The West African Trade, 1553-1660." MM, 76 (August 1990): 215-21. Area of high mortality.
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16th C. (1500-1599); 17th C. (1600-1699); expansion; health; Royal Navy; trade;
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16th century, sixteenth, 17th century, seventeenth, expansion, colony, colonies, colonization, colonisation, imperialism, domination, hegemony , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, Royal Navy, Britain, England, trade, commerce, exchange, commercial relation, commercial dealing
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Alsop, J.D. "Sickness in the British Mediterranean Fleet: The Tiger's Journal of 1706." War & Society, 11 (October 1993): 57-76.
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18th C. (1700-1799); condition; health; Mediterranean Sea; memoir; Royal Navy; ship;
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18th century, eighteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean theater, Mediterranean command , memoir, recollection, journal, autobiography , Royal Navy, Britain, England, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, ship, boat, vessel
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Anderson, Richard M. "The Navy Ration: A Page from the Old Navy." USNIP, 92 (April 1966): 186-88. Standardized in 1842.
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age of sail; Anglo-American; condition; health; scurvy; victualling;
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age of sail, Anglo-American, United States, US, USA, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, scurvy, health, search for cure, vitamin C deficiency , victualling, food ration, diet for naval personnel, nutrition
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Andrews, Kenneth Raymond. "The Elizabethan Seaman." MM, 68 (1982): 245-62. Emphasis on social history.
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16th century, sixteenth, condition, life below deck, lower deck, atmosphere, enlisted life , discipline, health, sickness, illness, medicine, surgeon, seaman, lower deck, enlisted status, seafarer, sailor
| Abbreviations | |
| AHR | American Historical Review |
| Alb | Albion |
| alt | alternate |
| Am Nep | American Neptune |
| AQ & DJ | Army Quarterly and Defence Journal |
| ASLIB | Association of Libraries (Dissertations & Master's Theses) |
| BIHR | Bulletin of the Institute of Historical Research |
| Can His Rev | Canadian Historical Review |
| Can J His | Canadian Journal of History |
| comp | Compiled by |
| DAI | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| EcHR | Economic History Review |
| ed | editor or edited by |
| EnHR | English Historical Review |
| HisAHR | Hispanic American Historical Review |
| HJ | Historical Journal (Cambridge Historical Journal) |
| His Res | Historical Research |
| His Tod | History Today |
| Intell & Nat Sec | Intelligence and National Security |
| IJ Mar His | International Journal of Maritime History |
| IJ Nau Arch | International Journal of Nautical Archaeology |
| IHR | International History Review |
| intro | introduction |
| J Am His | Journal of American History |
| J Asian His | Journal of Asian History |
| JBS | Journal of British Studies |
| J Cont His | Journal of Contemporary History |
| J Econ His | Journal of Economic History |
| JI & CH | Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History |
| J Mar Res | Journal for Maritime Research |
| J Mil His | Journal of Military History |
| J Mod His | Journal of Modern History |
| JRUSI | Journal of the Royal United Service Institution or Institute |
| J Soc His | Journal of Social History |
| JSAHR | Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |
| J Stra Stu | Journal of Strategic Studies |
| J Trans His | Journal of Transport History |
| J Wor His | Journal of World History |
| MM | Mariner's Mirror |
| Mil Aff | Military Affairs |
| NHS | Naval History Symposium (USNA) |
| NMM | National Maritime Museum |
| Nav Rev | Naval Review |
| NWCR | Naval War College Review (US) |
| Nel Dis | Nelson Dispatch |
| NIP | Naval Institute Press |
| Nor Mar | Northern Mariner |
| Pac His Rev | Pacific Historical Review |
| P & P | Past and Present |
| Traf Chron | Trafalgar Chronicle |
| trans | translated by |
| UP | University Press |
| USNIP | Proceedings of the Naval Institute |
| Vic Stu | Victorian Studies |
| War & Soc | War and Society |
| War in His | War in History |
| W&MQ | William and Mary Quarterly |
| WSS | World Ship Society |