Fiddlers and whores : the candid memoirs of a surgeon in Nelson's fleet / by James Lowry ; edited and introduced by John Millyard.

Author/creator Lowry, James
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Chatham, 2006.
Description192 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Supplemental ContentCover
Subjects
Lowry, James, -1855.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.
Great Britain. Royal Navy--History. --18th century.
Great Britain. Royal Navy--Military life.
Great Britain. Royal Navy--Surgeons.
Physicians--History. --Great Britain. --Personal narratives.
Physicians--History. --Mediterranean Region. --Personal narratives.
History, 18th Century--Great Britain.
History, 18th Century--Mediterranean Region.
Medicine, Military--History. --Great Britain. --Personal narratives.
Medicine, Military--History. --Mediterranean Region. --Personal narratives.
Soldiers--History. --Great Britain. --Personal narratives.
Soldiers--History. --Mediterranean Region. --Personal narratives.
Medicine, Naval--History. --Great Britain. --Personal narratives.
Medicine, Naval--History. --Mediterranean Region. --Personal narratives.
War--Great Britain. --Personal narratives.
War--Mediterranean Region. --Personal narratives.
Second Coalition, War of the, 1798-1801--Personal narratives, British.
Ship physicians--Great Britain. --Anecdotes.

Contents Leaving Ireland, 1797 -- Going to sea, June 1798 -- Joining the Mediterranean Fleet, December 1798 -- The Egyptian Expedition, January 1801 -- Prisoner of war, June 1801 -- Peacetime pursuits, 1802 -- Sicilian surveys, 1802-3 -- To war again, June 1803 -- Shipwrecked, March 1804 -- Homecoming, June 1804.
General noteIncludes index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN1861762682 (hbk.)
ISBN9781861762689 (hbk.)