The loss of East Indiaman HCS `Halsewell' on the coast of Dorset in southern England in January 1786, touched the very heart of the British nation. `Halsewell' was just one of many hundreds of vessels which had been in the service of the Honourable East India Company since its foundation in the year 1600. In the normal course of events, `Halsewell' would have been expected to serve out her working life, before passing unnoticed into the history books.
However, this was not to be.
Halsewell's loss was an event of such pathos as to inspire the greatest writer of the age Charles Dickens, to put pen to paper; the greatest painter of the age J. M. W. Turner, to apply brush to canvas, and the King and Queen to pay homage at the very place where the catastrophe occurred.
Artefacts from the wreck continue to be recovered to this very day which, and for variety, interest, curiosity, and exoticism, rival those recovered from Spanish armada galleons wrecked off the west coast of Ireland two centuries previously. Such artefacts shed further light both on `Halsewell' herself, and on the extraordinary lives of those who sailed in her.
By:
Andrew Norman
Imprint: Fonthill Media Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9781781557532
ISBN 10: 1781557535
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 10 September 2020
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter 1 The Preanesthetic Period General Considerations Physical Status Classification of Risk Status Patient Evaluation Risk Assessment of the Injured Patient Hospitalization Pain Management: It starts before anesthesia! Preanesthetic Medication Tranquilizers Alpha2 Adrenergic Receptor Agonists Receptor Antagonists Neuroleptanalgesia and Neuroleptanesthesia Pentobarbital as Premedication Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs Pain Management from a Surgeon's Perspective Chapter 2 The Induction Period Equipment Placement Technique Methods of Induction Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation Chapter 3 The Anesthetic Period Anesthetic Machines Breathing Systems Systems Assessment of Anesthetic Systems Protocol for Machine Check Pre-Anesthesia Cleaning and Maintenance Flow Rates for Circle Anesthetic Systems Scavenging Systems for Waste Anesthetic Gases Occupational Exposure to Waste Anesthetic Gases Hazards of Anesthetic Machines General Principles of Inhalation Anesthesia Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC) Metabolism of Inhalation Anesthetics Characteristics of Inhalation Anesthetics Mechanical Ventilators for Small Animal Patients Agents Reactivity, Stability and Flammability Chapter 4 The Anesthetic Period: Maintenance The Anesthetic Record Procedures Following Induction and Intubation Perioperative Monitoring of the Anesthetized Patient Fluid Therapy Blood Gases and Acid-Base Relationships Chapter 5 The Anesthetic Period: Predictable Problems Standard Surgical Anesthetic Procedures Shock Patient and High Risk Anesthesia Balanced Anesthesia Muscle Relaxation Modifications for Breeds Modifications for Specific Procedures Modifications for Specific Conditions Chapter 6 The Anesthetic Period: Other Small Animals Birds Guinea Pig, Hamster, Rat, Mouse, Gerbil Rabbits Non-Domestic Carnivores Anesthesia of Freshwater and Saltwater Fishes Anesthesia and Analgesia of Reptiles Chapter 7 The Nobody Wins Period: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Cardiac Emergency Recognition Resuscitation Crash Cart or Box Assessment Chapter 8 The Recovery Period Pain Management Anesthesia Recovery Recovery Procedures Complications Summary Index
Andrew Norman was born in Newbury, Berkshire, UK in 1943. Educated at Thornhill High School, Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Midsomer Norton Grammar School, and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, he qualified in medicine at the Radcliffe Infirmary. He has two children Bridget and Thomas, by his first wife. From 1972-83, Andrew was a general practitioner in Poole, Dorset, before a spinal injury cut short his career. His published works include biographies of Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Thomas Hardy, T. E. Lawrence, Adolf Hitler, Agatha Christie, Enid Blyton, Beatrix Potter, Marilyn Monroe. Andrew married his second wife Rachel, in 2005.
Reviews for Bound for the East Indies: Halsewell - A Shipwreck that Gripped the Nation
"""Two centuries later, the wreck still appeals to divers, treasure hunters, and Andrew Norman, who has written a gripping story.""-- ""The Northern Mariner"""
