‘Medic!’ An insight into Scottish field surgeons, physicians, and medical provision during the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648

Steve Murdoch

‘Medic!’ An insight into Scottish field surgeons, physicians, and medical provision during the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648

Steve Murdoch

School of History

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Downloads (Pure)

Abstract

This article investigates the provision of medical care for Scottish soldiers engaged in the Thirty Years' War. It is based on archival research in Scotland, England, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. It shows that factors such as attrition and rates of pay prevented the adequate provision of trained medical men, despite the wishes of the commanders who led them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	50-65
Number of pages	16
Journal	Northern Studies
Volume	48
Publication status	Published - 30 Aug 2017

Keywords

Thirty Years' War
Medical History
History of medicine
Scottish history
Scandinavian History
Swedish History
Dutch History
Danish History
Military History

Access to Document

Medic Murdoch Proof
© 2017 Scottish Society for Northern Studies. This work has been made available online with permission from the publisher. This is a proof and as such may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at https://www.ssns.org.uk/publications/journal.html
Proof, 179 KB

Cite this

@article{4b203b586d6240c592b160f93a4db951,

title = "{\textquoteleft}Medic!{\textquoteright} An insight into Scottish field surgeons, physicians, and medical provision during the Thirty Years{\textquoteright} War, 1618-1648",

abstract = "This article investigates the provision of medical care for Scottish soldiers engaged in the Thirty Years' War. It is based on archival research in Scotland, England, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. It shows that factors such as attrition and rates of pay prevented the adequate provision of trained medical men, despite the wishes of the commanders who led them.",

keywords = "Thirty Years' War, Medical History, History of medicine, Scottish history, Scandinavian History, Swedish History, Dutch History, Danish History, Military History",

author = "Steve Murdoch",

year = "2017",

month = aug,

day = "30",

language = "English",

volume = "48",

pages = "50--65",

journal = "Northern Studies",

publisher = "Scottish Society for Northern Studies",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - ‘Medic!’ An insight into Scottish field surgeons, physicians, and medical provision during the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648

AU - Murdoch, Steve

PY - 2017/8/30

Y1 - 2017/8/30

N2 - This article investigates the provision of medical care for Scottish soldiers engaged in the Thirty Years' War. It is based on archival research in Scotland, England, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. It shows that factors such as attrition and rates of pay prevented the adequate provision of trained medical men, despite the wishes of the commanders who led them.

AB - This article investigates the provision of medical care for Scottish soldiers engaged in the Thirty Years' War. It is based on archival research in Scotland, England, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. It shows that factors such as attrition and rates of pay prevented the adequate provision of trained medical men, despite the wishes of the commanders who led them.

KW - Thirty Years' War

KW - Medical History

KW - History of medicine

KW - Scottish history

KW - Scandinavian History

KW - Swedish History

KW - Dutch History

KW - Danish History

KW - Military History

UR - https://www.ssns.org.uk/our-journal/

M3 - Article

VL - 48

SP - 50

EP - 65

JO - Northern Studies

JF - Northern Studies

ER -

‘Medic!’ An insight into Scottish field surgeons, physicians, and medical provision during the Thirty Years’ War, 1618-1648

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this