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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail Hardcover - 2000

by Druett, Joan

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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.

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  • Title Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
  • Author Druett, Joan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used; Very Good
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, New York
  • Date 10/04/2000
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Glossary, Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 4645176
  • ISBN 9780415924511 / 0415924510
  • Weight 1.27 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.27 x 0.91 in (23.47 x 15.93 x 2.31 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 19th Century
  • Library of Congress subjects Medicine, Naval - South Pacific Ocean -, Ship physicians - South Pacific Ocean -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 00-34474
  • Dewey Decimal Code 616.980

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First line

AS LONG AS MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GONE TO SEA, DOCTORS HAVE accompanied them.

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Citations

  • Booklist, 09/15/2000, Page 197
  • Choice, 04/01/2001, Page 1492
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/18/2000, Page 70
  • Scitech Book News, 06/01/2001, Page 113

About the author

Joan Druettis the author ofShe Captains: Heroines andHellions of the Sea(2000) andHen Frigates: Wives ofMerchant Captains Under Sail(1998). She lives in Wellington, New Zealand.

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