000			02433 a2200313 4500
001			1317069218
005			20250317111631.0
008			250312042016GB eng
020			_a9781317069218
037			_bTaylor & Francis _cGBP 52.99 _fBB
040			_a01
041			_aeng
072	7		_aMBX _2thema
072	7		_aN _2thema
072	7		_aNHW _2thema
072	7		_a3M _2bisac
072	7		_aMBX _2bic
072	7		_aHBLH _2bic
072	7		_aHBW _2bic
072	7		_aMED039000 _2bisac
072	7		_aHIS000000 _2bisac
072	7		_a610.924 _2bisac
100	1		_aPaul Kopperman
245	1	0	_a'Regimental Practice' by John Buchanan, M.D. _bAn Eighteenth-Century Medical Diary and Manual
250			_a1
260			_aOxford _bRoutledge _c20160408
300			_a246 p
520			_bIn 1746, Dr John Buchanan, recently retired as a medical officer in the British Army, produced a manuscript entitled, 'Regimental Practice, or a Short History of Diseases common to His Majesties own Royal Regiment of Horse Guards when abroad (Commonly called the Blews).' Revised in several stages almost until the time of Buchanan's death in 1767, this work was for the most part based on the author's observations while surgeon to a cavalry regiment serving in Flanders 1742-45, during the War of the Austrian Succession. It is a work of immense value to the understanding of eighteenth-century interpretation and treatment of diseases, but as yet has never been published. Presented here is an annotated modern edition of the text, with an introductory section setting the work in the context of Buchanan's life and career, and within the broader framework of eighteenth-century medical practice. Buchanan's practice of medicine generally represented the mainstream of professional practice as regarded both his understanding of disease and his treatment of it. Across the decades of the eighteenth century there were discoveries and fashions that impacted both the theory and the practice of medicine. Various writers of that age, as well as a number of historians since, have conveyed the sense that practice was chaotic. On the contrary, what this book argues is that methods used to treat diseases were fairly standard. Therefore, by reading Buchanan's manuscript one sees not only how he treated more than three dozen diseases, as well as various wounds and injuries, but also how these conditions were often treated in this period.
999			_c6721 _d6721