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Better Than Cure: Wellbeing in the Colony (en Inglés)
Arthur Raymond Jones (Autor)
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Better Than Cure: Wellbeing in the Colony (en Inglés) - Arthur Raymond Jones
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ISBN: 9780648447191 Géneros: Sinópsis: William Redfern surgeon sailor mutineer prisoner and pioneerFrom his birth in approximately 1775 to joining the Royal Navy as a ships surgeon it seemed William Redfern was destined for a life of relative wealth and status but all that changed in 1797 when he was swept up in the infamous Nore Mutiny In support of the common sailors and at odds with his fellow officers Redfern was courtmartialled for his actions and sentenced to be hangedDue to his profession the sentence was commuted to transportation for life and on arrival in New South Wales his exceptional surgical skills quickly saw him granted a full pardon He was soon central to the new colonys medical services was appointed personal surgeon to the Governor and Assistant Surgeon of the Colonial Medical Services but despite becoming a wealthy landowner in his own right he would forever carry the convicts stain in the eyes of certain members of the British Colonial establishmentRemembered for the Sydney suburb that bears his name this outstanding biography in two volumes brings to the forefront the story of William Redfern as it follows the rise and fall and subsequent rise again of one of Australias most influential early settlers A pioneer of immunisation techniques and an advocate for the role of hygiene and nutrition he truly was one of the first to understand that prevention was better than cure
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