Victory Over Disease

Resolving the Medical Crisis in the Crimean War, 1854-1856

Michael Hinton

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Helion & Company
01 June 2019

Crimean War; History of medicine

Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914

This book presents fresh analyses of unpublished, published and significant primary source material relevant to the medical aspects on the Eastern campaign of 1854-1856 commonly called the Crimean War. The aim has been to produce an account based on robust evidence. The project began with no preconceptions but came to seriously question the contributions made by the talented and well-connected Florence Nightingale and the suitably-qualified Sanitary Commissioners. The latter had been sent by the government to investigate matters on the spot. This may prove an unexpected and possibly unsympathetic conclusion for some of Nightingale's many admirers. Rigorously weighing the evidence, it is unmistakeably clear that there is very little proof that Nightingale and the Sanitary Commissioners significantly influenced the improvement in the health of the main Army in the Crimea. The principal problems were at the front, not in Turkey, and it was there that matters were gradually rectified, with the health of the troops beginning to improve during the early weeks of 1855. The historiography of the campaign has tended to concentrate on the catastrophic deterioration in the health of the Army during the first winter and the perceived incompetence of the heads of department. The contributions made by Nightingale and the Sanitary Commissioners have been greatly over-emphasised. As a consequence, the medical aspects of the war have been inaccurately portrayed in both academic works and popular culture. The author's analyses should alter existing preconceptions or prejudices about what happened in Crimea and Turkey during those fateful war years. The 'Victory over Disease' took place in the Crimea, and not at Scutari and this was not due to the contributions of any one person, or even a group of individuals. Rather it represented the involvement of many people in many walks of life who worked, possibly unwittingly, for a common purpose, and with such a gratifying result.

23 illustrations, 2 maps, 47 tables and 23 graphs

By: Michael Hinton
Imprint: Helion & Company
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 180mm,
ISBN: 9781911628316
ISBN 10: 1911628313
Series: From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
Pages: 308
Publication Date: 01 June 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Following his graduation in Veterinary Science from Bristol University (1966) and forty years working as an academic and a civil servant Michael Hinton retired in 2006. His fascination with the Crimean campaign was kindled during the 1990s when he discovered that one of his two times great grandfathers served though out the war. He turned to the topic he was a Reader in Veterinary Public Health with a principal research interest in infectious diseases. After retirement he studied for a second PhD degree under Professor Andrew Lambert at King’s College London. The contents of the thesis (on the medical aspects of the war) form the basis of this book, to which has been added some further analyses. The author has visited the Crimea on four occasions as well as other locations which played a prominent role in the conflict, particularly Constantinople and Malta. He is a member of the Crimean War Research Society, Victorian Military Society, Society of Genealogists, and the Veterinary History Society. The author has previously published over fifty articles on various aspects of the Crimean War in the journals of these, and other societies, and his research now concentrates on the family relationships of participants and the memorials, surviving or otherwise, to their memory in churches, cemeteries and public places.