Medicine under sail / Zachary B. Friedenberg.
Medicine under sail / Zachary B. Friedenberg.
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Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2002.
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N616.98024/3
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English
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ix, 172 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Origins of Naval Medicine -- 2. Practicing Medicine at Sea -- 3. Battling Disease at Sea -- 4. Scurvy -- 5. Beriberi -- 6. Typhus and Tropical Fevers -- 7. Death and Disease in the Slave Trade -- 8. Impressment and Punishment -- 9. Shipwrecks and Survivors -- 10. Marine Medicine in the United...
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Publisher
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
Maryland
Date Published
c2002.
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"In the Age of Sail, life at sea was fraught with danger. Sailors struggled to survive not only the hazards of battle but daunting health problems brought on by faulty diets and long periods at sea in closely confined quarters. Ships that left port with banners flying all too often returned with remnants of a crew, haggard and sick and scarcely abl...
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Medicine under sail / Zachary B. Friedenberg.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-163) and index.
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N616.98024/3
Record Identifier
74VvBPgGM0dM
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvBPgGM0dM
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ISBN
1861762127 (label)
9781557502971 (alk. paper)
1557502978 (alk. paper)
9781557502971(alk. paper)
1557502978(alk. paper)
9781861762122(label)
1861762127(label)
9781557502971 (alk. paper) :
1557502978 (alk. paper) :
9781861762122 (label)
DDC
616.9802409
MMS ID
991016331699702626
