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• Title:Rough medicine : surgeons at sea in the age of sail / Joan Druett.
  
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• Author/Creator:Druett, Joan.
  
• Published/Created:New York : Routledge, 2000.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: VG115 .D783 2000
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Medicine, Naval--Oceania--History--19th century.
  Ship physicians--Oceania--History--19th century.
  Whaling--Oceania--History.
  
• Medical Subjects: General Surgery--history.
  Naval Medicine--history.
  History, 19th Century.
  
• Description:x, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  
• Summary:Using diaries, journals, and correspondence, the author introduces readers to doctors who endured life on the sea, what types of medicines and surgical tools they used, and what sort of people they encountered. Illustrations and photos.
  
• Notes:New Zealand author.
  Reprinted as pbk. 2001.
  Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-258) and index.
  
• ISBN:0415924510
  9780415924511
  
• Contents:Acknowledgments
  Introduction
  Medicine at sea: Woodall's the surgions mate
  Shipping out
  Medical chest
  First leg: Day-to-day life
  Whale hunt
  Accidents, injuries, and ailments
  Battling ccurvy
  Encounters with native peoples
  "Motley, reckless & profligate": Troubles with captains and crews
  Epilogue: Fates of our surgeons
  Appendix A: Medical chest comparison
  Appendix B: Dr. King's patient list, Aurora, 1840
  Appendix C: Glossary
  Bibliography
  Index.