Men of Steel: Surgery in the Napoleonic Wars

by Michael Crumplin

Stories of surgeons battling against contagion, infection, and bleeding, often operating in appalling conditions, and achieving some remarkable results Based on the author's exhaustive research, this is the first dedicated account of surgery during the Napoleonic Wars, before anaesthetic and antiseptic. Includes background and nature of the patients, the experience of wounding, and the training of surgeons, with extensive and many unique illustrations.

376 pages, Hardcover

First published September 20, 2007

About the author

Mr Michael Crumplin MB BS MRCS FRCS (Eng and Ed) FHS FINS is a medical military historian, author, trustee and treasurer of the Waterloo Committee and co-ordinator of the education and learning committee of Waterloo 200.

Reviews

[Aleksandr Voinov]

After a fantastic talk the author gave at the National Army Museum (London), I had to have this. Illustrations are top notch.