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xiv, 229 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Essays based on 'The British Maritime History Seminars, 2007: Health and Medicine at Sea' -pref. |
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Introduction. Health, medicine and the maritime world : a history of two centuries / David Boyd Haycock -- "The intention is certain noble" : the Western Squadron, medical trials and the sick and hurt board during the Seven Years War (1756-63) / Erica M. Charters -- Royal Navy surgeons, 1793-1815 : a collective biography / Michael Crumplin -- The sick and hurt board : fit for purpose? / Pat Crimmin -- An "important and truely national subject" : the West African service and the health of the Royal Navy in the mid nineteenth century / Mark Harrison -- Mortality and migration : a survey / Hamish Maxwell-Stewart and Ralph Shlomowitz -- Slave purchasing strategies and shipboard mortality : day-to-day evidence from the Dutch African trade, 1751-1797 / Simon J. Hogerzeil and David Richardson -- Ships, families and surgeons : migrant voyages to Australia in the age of the sail / Robin Haines -- Medical encounters on the Kala Pani : regulation and resistance in the passage of indentured Indian migrants, 1834-1900 / Laurence Brown and Radica Mahase. |
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1843835223 (hbk.) |
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9781843835226 (hbk.) |
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