A Temperate Empire

Zilberstein, Anya

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190206598.001.0001

“…57 Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, British imperial agents "described the weather in New England and Nova Scotia as comparatively harsh, excessive, extreme, intense, rigorous, bitter and severe." 58 Indeed, Nova "The hardships he labours under… in that severe climate" | 10…”

Section: Medical Views On Cold and Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

“The Hardships he labours under... in that severe Climate:” Environment, Seasonality, and British Military Operations in Northern Temperate North America 1756–1814

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<p>This paper examines the unique challenges of practicing medicine by British Army and Royal Navy medical practitioners in the cold climates of colonial British North America during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. I consider how army and naval medical practitioners characterised the northern temperate climate and how these perceptions influenced medical practice. Additionally, the paper illustrates the interactions between seasonality, supply and transportation difficulties, and the logistics of using local resources of wood and coal for fuel in army and naval hospitals. </p>

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“…57 Throughout the second half of the eighteenth century, British imperial agents "described the weather in New England and Nova Scotia as comparatively harsh, excessive, extreme, intense, rigorous, bitter and severe." 58 Indeed, Nova "The hardships he labours under… in that severe climate" | 10…”

Section: Medical Views On Cold and Climatementioning

confidence: 99%

“The Hardships he labours under... in that severe Climate:” Environment, Seasonality, and British Military Operations in Northern Temperate North America 1756–1814

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2024

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<p>This paper examines the unique challenges of practicing medicine by British Army and Royal Navy medical practitioners in the cold climates of colonial British North America during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. I consider how army and naval medical practitioners characterised the northern temperate climate and how these perceptions influenced medical practice. Additionally, the paper illustrates the interactions between seasonality, supply and transportation difficulties, and the logistics of using local resources of wood and coal for fuel in army and naval hospitals. </p>

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“The Hardships he labours under... in that severe Climate:” Environment, Seasonality, and British Military Operations in Northern Temperate North America 1756–1814

“The Hardships he labours under... in that severe Climate:” Environment, Seasonality, and British Military Operations in Northern Temperate North America 1756–1814

“The Hardships he labours under... in that severe Climate:” Environment, Seasonality, and British Military Operations in Northern Temperate North America 1756–1814

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