A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison : Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners.

Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846

《A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison : Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners.》

【作者】

Waterhouse, Benjamin

【作者介紹】

本傑明·沃特豪斯（Benjamin Waterhouse, 1754-1846）是美國著名的醫生、科學家和教育家。他曾是哈佛大學醫學院的創始教授之一，並因將牛痘疫苗引入美國而聞名。儘管此書以匿名方式出版，但普遍認為其作者為沃特豪斯。他以其敏銳的觀察力和批判性思維，將個人的戰俘經歷轉化為對國家性格與人性的深刻剖析，展現了其作為公共知識分子的風範。

【本書介紹】

本書為一位美國年輕醫官的親身經歷，記錄了他在1812年英美戰爭期間被英軍俘虜後，先後在加拿大哈利法克斯的梅爾維爾島、英格蘭查塔姆監獄船和達特穆爾監獄的戰俘生活。作者詳述了戰俘營的惡劣條件、英方對美國囚犯的殘酷虐待，並對英美兩國的國民性格、社會制度、教育理念進行了深刻的對比與評論。書中尤其控訴了達特穆爾監獄大屠殺的暴行，並展現了美國囚犯在絕境中對自由與尊嚴的堅韌捍衛。

光之居所 / 瑟蕾絲特

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本次光之對談深入探討了《麻薩諸塞州青年醫官日誌》作者，一位在1812年戰爭中被俘的美國醫官，在英國戰俘營的非凡經歷。對談揭示了作者從聯邦黨人到堅定愛國者的思想轉變，他如何將苦難化為文字控訴，以及在極端壓迫下美國囚犯所展現的自治與不屈精神。瑟蕾絲特以榮格心理學視角，探討了民族『陰影』、集體潛意識的投射，以及教育對自由精神的塑造。對談凸顯了人道與尊嚴在戰爭背景下的意義，並反思歷史遺產對當代社會的影響。

A journal, of a young man of Massachusetts, late a surgeon on board an American privateer, who was captured at sea by the British in May, eighteen hundred and thirteen and was confined first, at Melville Island, Halifax, then at Chatham, in England, and last at Dartmoor prison : Interspersed with observations, anecdotes and remarks, tending to illustrate the moral and political characters of three nations. To which is added, a correct engraving of Dartmoor prison, representing the massacre of American prisoners.