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This book is a sequel to the author's previous work that studied the life of Sir John Forbes (1787-1861). Lightfoot Winds focuses on events taking place during Forbes' service as a ship's surgeon in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars between 1807 and 1815. The book gives an insight into naval life as authenticated by the Ships' Logs and Muster Books of those vessels in which the Scottish doctor served at a time when the Royal Navy enjoy...

This book tells the story of the life and achievements of Sir John Forbes - Royal Physician, Medical Journalist and first translator of Laennec, the remarkable French inventor of the stethoscope.