| Military medicine and the ethics of war: British colonial warfare during the Seven Years War (1756-63). | |
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PMID: 21465842 Owner: NLM Status: In-Process |
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This article examines 18th-century European warfare, tracing the first formal codifications of conventions of war, frequently introduced by military physicians and initially regarding the treatment of the sick and wounded. It outlines to what extent these conventions were followed in practice, particularly in the challenging environment of American irregular warfare, with a focus on the most well-known incident of "biological warfare" in the period: the deliberate spread of smallpox by British officers among Amerindians in 1763. More broadly, it demonstrates that the history of military medicine provides a fruitful method with which to uncover assumptions about the ethics of war. |
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Authors:
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Erica Charters |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Canadian bulletin of medical history = Bulletin canadien d'histoire de la médecine Volume: 27 ISSN: 0823-2105 ISO Abbreviation: Can Bull Med Hist Publication Date: 2010 |
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Created Date: 2011-04-06 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 101130981 Medline TA: Can Bull Med Hist Country: Canada |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 273-98 Citation Subset: QIS |
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Wolfson College, University of Oxford. |
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