Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
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...
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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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780415924511 (0415924510)
Publish date: October 4th 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
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