The Seaman's Medical Advocate Or, an Attempt to Shew that Five Thousand Seamen Are, Annually, During War, Lost to the British Nation through the Yellow Fever
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
17.03.2011
Verlag
Cambridge AcademicSeitenzahl
286
Maße (L/B/H)
21.6/14/1.7 cm
Gewicht
370 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-108-02897-4
Written by a naval surgeon in 1798, this medical treatise provides a frank and harrowing account of life in the British navy. Elliot Arthy started his career as a surgeon's mate in the Africa and West Indies merchant service. He eventually became a surgeon, and worked on a slave ship for many years. In this publication he shows that at least 5,000 seamen were lost to Britain annually through yellow fever and other illnesses, a loss the nation could little afford during wartime. Stressing the 'absolute necessity' for naval surgeons, Arthy's treatise is divided into six parts: the first examines the nature and causes of yellow fever; the second discusses how seamen come into contact with the disease; the third focuses on other causes of the loss of seamen on board ships of war; the fourth on statistics. The fifth and sixth parts suggest methods of prevention.
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