Advancing with the Army: Medicine, the Professions and Social Mobility in the British Isles 1790-1850OUP Oxford, 2006 - 393 من الصفحات Providing the first ever statistical study of a professional cohort in the era of the industrial revolution, this prosopographical study of some 450 surgeons who joined the army medical service during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars, charts the background, education, military and civilian career, marriage, sons' occupations, wealth at death, and broader social and cultural interests of the members of the cohort. It reveals the role that could be played by the nascentprofessions in this period in promoting rapid social mobility.The group of medical practitioners selected for this analysis did not come from affluent or professional families but profited from their years in the army to build up a solid and sometimes spectacular fortune, marry into the professions, and place their sons in professional careers. The study contributes to our understanding of Britishness in the period, since the majority of the cohort came from small-town and rural Scotland and Ireland but seldom found their wives in the native country andfrequently settled in London and other English cities, where they often became pillars of the community. |
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The French Wars Industrialization and the Professions | 1 |
1 The Army Medical Service | 21 |
2 Background | 60 |
3 Education | 104 |
4 Army Careers | 152 |
5 Professional Life outside the Service | 217 |
6 Fortunes and Families | 255 |
7 Enquiring Minds | 295 |
8 Reflection | 324 |
Appendix 1 Description of Database | 342 |
Appendix 2 List of doctors in the sample | 343 |
Manuscript Sources | 359 |
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Aberdeenshire Alexander anatomy Anderson appointed apprenticeship Army Medical Board army medical service army surgeons assistant surgeon attended became Bigsby born Boutflower British army brother Brown career cent Charles Church cohort College of Surgeons County Cork County Dublin County Mayo database Davy death deputy inspector died director-general Dumfriesshire Edinburgh eighteenth century England England father French wars George Gibney Glasgow Guthrie hospital mate Ibid India Infirmary inspector of hospitals inspector-general Ireland John joined Keate lectures Lesassier letter London London England Maclagan married McGrigor medical education medical officers medical practitioners medicine middle class Midlothian military Murray nineteenth century patronage Peninsula placed on half-pay professional promotion RAMC rank recruits regimental surgeons retired Robert Rosner Royal College Scotland Scotland Scotland Scottish served social Society sons staff surgeon surgery Table Thomas town Trinity College Dublin University Waterloo Wellington’s West Indies William