Accessing Empire: Irish surgeons and the Royal Navy, 1850-1880

Sara Karly Kehoe

doi:10.1093/shm/hks059

Accessing Empire: Irish surgeons and the Royal Navy, 1850-1880

Sara Karly Kehoe

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This article considers the role played by Irish and Catholic surgeons in the Royal Navy during the second half of the nineteenth century. Ireland’s significant links with imperial medicine has thrown up important questions about the extent to which religiosity, national identity and loyalty were incorporated and understood within the context of imperial defence and public health reform. A case study of two brothers from Belfast, Richard and Frederick McClement, and some of their Irish medical colleagues, bring these issues into sharper focus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	204-224
Number of pages	21
Journal	Social History of Medicine
Volume	26
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/shm/hks059
Publication status	Published - May 2012

Keywords

Ireland
citizenship
Britain
surgeons
Catholic
empire
Royal Navy

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