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Rough Medicine de Joan Druett

Rough Medicine

Autor Joan Druett
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 4 oct 2000
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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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780415924511
ISBN-10: 0415924510
Pagini: 282
Ilustrații: 5 line drawings, 10 b&w photographs
Dimensiuni: 157 x 235 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.56 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Routledge

Cuprins

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

Notă biografică

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.

Descriere

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.

Recenzii

"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 historical detail will delight in Druett." -- Publisher's Weekly
"Druett offers us a vivid sense of shipboard life in her descriptions of medicines, surgical tools, the tumult of a whale hunt and treatment of such common ailments as dysentery, dropsy, syphilis, scurvy and insanity." -- The Arizona Republic
"Joan Druett's latest work lives up to her reputation as one of our foremost chroniclers of maritime lore." -- Roy Porter, author of The Greatest Benefit to Mankind
"A wonderfully effective therapy for anyone interested in the story of the sea...Invigorating." -- Tim Severin, author of In Search of Moby Dick and The Brendan Voyage
"Filled with accounts of the drama and tedium of whaling, exciting battles with whales, and the occasional gruesome medical event, the book should please sailing buffs, history buffs, and fans of the well-told, lifely story." -- William Beatty, Booklist