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050 00 RC986 |b.D78 2000
100 1  Druett, Joan. |=^A353209
245 10 Rough medicine : |bsurgeons at sea in the age of sail / |cJoan Druett.
260    New York : |bRoutledge, |c2000.
300    x, 270 pages : |billustrations, map, portraits ; |c24 cm
336    text |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |2rdamedia
338    volume |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-258) and index.
505 0  Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Medicine at sea: Woodall's the surgions mate -- Shipping out -- Medical chest -- First leg: Day-to-day life -- Whale hunt -- Accidents, injuries, and ailments -- Battling scurvy -- Encounters with native peoples -- "Motley, reckless & profligate": Troubles with captains and crews -- Epilogue: Fates of our surgeons -- Appendix A: Medical chest comparison -- Appendix B: Dr. King's patient list, Aurora, 1840 -- Appendix C: Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
520    Using diaries, journals, and correspondence, the author introduces readers to doctors who endured life on the sea, what types of medicines and surgical tools they used, and what sort of people they encountered. Illustrations and photos.
541     |3Laupus- Robert W. Cihak History of Medicine Collection
650  0 Medicine, Naval |zOceania |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A134913
650  0 Ship physicians |zOceania |xHistory |y19th century. |=^A836466
650  0 Whaling |zOceania |xHistory. |=^A38075
650 12 Naval Medicine |xhistory. |=^A937069
650 12 General Surgery |xhistory. |=^A918388
650 22 History, 19th Century. |=^A941126
650  2 History of Medicine. |=^A917891
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