| Explores the social, cultural, and geo-political dimensions of medicine throughout the British Atlantic World between the 1760s and 1830s - a time of imperial exapnsion, revolutionary fervor, and intense warfare. It focuses on the experiences of of patients and practioners across multiple locations, including the British Isles, North America, the West Indies, and Africa. Particular attention is assigned to civilian, imperial, and military contexts during the American and French Revolutions and the Napoleonic Wars. Among other rescourses, this course draws upon The Loyalist Collection at the Harriet Irving Library. |
