Joan Druett

Rough Medicine

Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men who shipped out as doctors on South Sea whalers in the early nineteenth century.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780415924528
• ISBN-10: 0415924529
• Artikelnr.: 21940488

Autorenporträt

Joan Druett is the author ofShe Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea (2000) andHen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail (1998). She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter One
Medicine ar Sea: Woodall's the Surgion's Mate Chapter Two
Shipping Out Chapter Three
The Medicine Chest Chapter Four
the First Leg: Day
to
Day Life Chapter Five
The Whale Hunt Chapter Six Accidents, Injuries and Ailments Chapter Seven
Battling Scurvy Chapter Eight
Encounters with Native Peoples Chapter Nine
Motley, Reckles & Profligate:Troubles with Captains and Crews Epilogue0 The Fates of Our Surgeons Acknowledgements Bibliography Glossary John King's Patient Log Medical Chests:Comparative Chart Index