Doctors at Sea : Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia /

In this engaging tale of movement from one hemisphere to another, we see doctors at work attending to their often odious and demanding duties at sea, in quarantine, and after arrival. The book shows, in graphic detail, just why a few notorious voyages suffered tragic loss of life in the absence of c...

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Main Author:	Haines, Robin (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
Subjects:	History. Australasian History. Cultural History. Imperialism and Colonialism. Social History. World History, Global and Transnational History. Civilization > History. Imperialism. Social history. World history. Islands of the Pacific > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book