Podcasts Government The National Archives Podcast Series Naval medical officers' journals and the history of medicine

Naval medical officers' journals and the history of medicine

Published: Dec. 17, 2010, 5 p.m.

b"Author Daniel Gilfoyle discusses the naval medical officers' journals of ADM 101 provide a coherent view of the beliefs and practices of a body of rank and file medical practitioners during the late 18th and 19th centuries. They provide a valuable source for examining key themes in the history of medicine in the 19th century, such as encounters with tropical diseases and the changing understanding of the causes of disease."