Rough Medicine

Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail

Nonfiction, History, World History
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Author: Joan Druett ISBN: 9781136762659
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Joan Druett
ISBN: 9781136762659
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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.

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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.

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