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The Body in War

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From Valmy to Waterloo

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The changes in the art of war during this period — marked by increases in the number of battles and combatants, in the scale of these battles, and in their duration and geographical range (into the world beyond Europe) — were all elements in the transition from the old style of limited warfare to modern total war. One consequence of these changes was a huge increase in the numbers of sick and wounded, and hence in the pressure that was placed upon the army’s medical services and medical personnel.

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Thoral, MC. (2011). The Body in War. In: From Valmy to Waterloo. War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230294981_4

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