title: The medical profession and representations of the Navy, 1750-1815.
abstract: This chapter focuses on the interrelationship between naval medicine and broader society, discussing medical representations of the Navy in the late-eighteenth century, and arguing that naval medicine was a matter of keen debate, perceived as important for the country. Navy servicemen were represented in contradictory ways: as a tool of empire, heroes deserving care for their service to their country, and a source of contagion and ill discipline in need of paternal attention from officers and medics.
authors.forename: Margarette
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lincoln
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D009326:Naval Medicine / Q000266:history*; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history; D011639:Public Opinion; D012962:Sociology, Medical / Q000266:history; D036302:Therapeutic Human Experimentation; D006113:United Kingdom; D014857:Warfare