Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-60 / Katherine Foxhall.
Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-60 / Katherine Foxhall.
Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-60 / Katherine Foxhall.
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Publisher
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
Call Numbers
616.98024/7
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Language
English
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Physical content
xi, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Problems of departure -- 2. Steaming ships -- Voyage I Eliza Baldwinson (1832) -- 3. Geographies of the tropical Atlantic -- 4.S̀uch concentrated mischief': scurvy and imprisonment -- 5.Trust and authority below the hatches -- Voyage II Henry Wellings (1858) -- 6. From emigrants to immigrants: qu...
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Publisher
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
During the 19th century, over 1.5 million migrants set sail from the British Isles to begin new lives in the Australian colonies. Health, Medicine and the Sea follows these people on a fascinating journey around half the globe to give a rich account of the creation of lay and professional medical knowledge in an ever-changing maritime environment.
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Health, medicine, and the sea : Australian voyages, c.1815-60 / Katherine Foxhall.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
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Tertiary/Undergraduate, Postgraduate.
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616.98024/7
Record Identifier
74VvyB6lRGQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvyB6lRGQd
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ISBN
0719085713 (hbk.) :
9780719085710 (hbk.) :
DDC
616.98024094109034
MMS ID
991016256389702626
