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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail

Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail - Hardcover

by Joan Druett
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Availability:In StockContributor:Joan DruettTheme:Chronological Period/19th CenturyPublish date:10/4/2000Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415924511ISBN-10:0415924510UPC:9780415924511Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:Maritime History & Piracy, HistorySize:9.24 x 6.27 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.577Product ID:SCWEQNNMKP
Using diaries, journals, and correspondences, Druett recounts the daily grind surgeons on nineteenth-century whaling ships faced: the rudimentary tools they used, the treatments they had at their disposal, the sorts of people they encountered in their travels, and the dangers they faced under the harsh conditions of life at sea.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415924511ISBN-10:0415924510UPC:9780415924511Book Category:History, MedicalBook Subcategory:Maritime History & Piracy, HistorySize:9.24 x 6.27 x 0.91 inchesWeight:0.577Product ID:SCWEQNNMKP

Joan Druettis the author ofShe Captains: Heroines andHellions of the Sea(2000) andHen Frigates: Wives ofMerchant Captains Under Sail(1998). She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.


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