Rough medicine : surgeons at sea in the age of sail /
Scurvy, amputations, tropical diseases, irritable captains and mutinous crews were some of the trails facing ships' doctors on the early nineteenth century whaling vessels. Surgery was done under austere and difficult conditions.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2001.
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| Summary: | Scurvy, amputations, tropical diseases, irritable captains and mutinous crews were some of the trails facing ships' doctors on the early nineteenth century whaling vessels. Surgery was done under austere and difficult conditions. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: 2000. |
| Physical Description: | 270 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0415924529 9780415924528 |