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Joan Druett - Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail - 9780415924528 - V9780415924528
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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail

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Description for Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail paperback. Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men who shipped out as doctors on South Sea whalers in the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 line drawings, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1QSPS; 3JH; HBTM; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
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.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415924528
SKU
V9780415924528
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Joan Druett
Joan Druett is the author ofShe Captains: Heroines and Hellions of the Sea (2000) andHen Frigates: Wives of Merchant Captains Under Sail (1998). She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

Reviews for Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
"This book is literally a page-turner - I could not put it down - filled with new windows on history, technology and personal experience. It can be highly recommended."
John Townley, International Journal of Maritime History "...You definitely do want to read the author's colorful stories."
The Dallas Morning News "Those who enjoyed Patrick O'Brian's eye for ... Read more

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