Druett Rough Medicine

Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-76265-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Druett, Joan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS

Chapter One - Medicine ar Sea: Woodall'sthe Surgion's Mate
Cahpter Two-Shipping Out
Chapter Three-The Medicine Chest
Chapter Four - the First Leg: Day-to-Day Life
Chapter Five-The Whale Hunt
Chapter SixAccidents, Injuries and Ailments
Chapter Seven-Battling Scurvy
Chapter Eight-Encounters with Native Peoples

Chapter Nine-"Motley, Reckles & Profligate":Troubles with Captains and Crews
Epilogue0The Fates of Our Surgeons
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Glossary
John King's Patient Log
Medical Chests:Comparative Chart
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joan Druettis 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.