From Sail to Steam: Health, Medicine and the Victorian Navy (360G-Wellcome-094316_Z_10_Z)

£716,130

The programme seeks to determine the degree to which the Navy affected the development of medicine in Britain and how effectively the Navy was able to deal with the medical challenges posed by the transition from sail to steam and its new imperial role. Firstly, this study will place the Navy at the centre of debates over disease causation and public health, domestically and internationally, as the Navy was the focus of several diplomatic incidents involving the spread of infection. The research programme will also explore the Navy's formative influence upon the development of state health care and on disciplines such as epidemiology. Secondly, the research programme will place health and medical considerations at the centre of naval historiography, showing that naval health became an important political subject from the 1840s and that the operational difficulties posed by disease and medical care had much broader ramifictions. In order to understand how successfully the Navy coped with such problems, the project will examine the status of naval surgeons and their ability to effect reform on naval vessels. These goals will be realized in the form of several scholary monographs and articles and through engagement with the public and serving naval officers.

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Grant Details

Amount Awarded 716130
Applicant Surname Harrison
Approval Committee Medical History and Humanities Funding Committee
Award Date 2010-11-11T00:00:00+00:00
Financial Year 2010/11
Grant Programme: Title Project funding: Inactive scheme
Internal ID 094316/Z/10/Z
Lead Applicant Prof Mark Harrison
Other Applicant(s) Prof Laurence Brockliss
Partnership Value 716130
Planned Dates: End Date 2019-04-30T00:00:00+00:00
Planned Dates: Start Date 2011-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
Recipient Org: Country United Kingdom
Region South East