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Typhus Epidemic in the British Army on the Iberian Peninsula in the Winter of 1808/1809
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Typhus Epidemic in the British Army on the Iberian Peninsula in the Winter of 1808/1809
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S207987840031425-6-1
DOI
10.18254/S207987840031425-6
Publication type
Article
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Published
Authors
Tatiana Kosykh 
Affiliation:
Saratov Chernyshevsky State University
Ural Federal University
Address: Russian Federation, Saratov; Ekaterinburg
Edition
Volume 15 Issue 6 (140)
Abstract

The article focuses on the problem of the spread of typhus among soldiers and officers of the British army who participated in the war on the Iberian Peninsula in the winter of 1808—1809. As sources were used notes and reports from British doctors, as well as memoirs and letters from British soldiers who suffered during the winter retreat of the British army under the command of General Sir John Moore. Based on a comparative analysis of sources are examined the history of the spread of febrile illness in the British army, the clinical picture of the disease and methods of treating typhus. It was revealed that in the texts of British doctors who described the symptoms of typhus in 1809 the names of the disease differ, but the general symptoms indicate typhus. In addition, a review of the medical reports of British surgeons demonstrated differences in the way typhus was treated: calomel and tincture of opium were the main medicines; also bloodletting and dousing with cold or hot water were often practiced.

Keywords
Napoleonic wars, typhus, fever, epidemiology of war, British army, Peninsular War, Corunna
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The study is sponsored by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 20-18-00113 “Man at war: the anthropology of Napoleonic military history”.
Received
15.06.2024
Publication date
31.07.2024
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