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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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"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
"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
"Druett showcases excellent research with generous quotations...those who enjoyed Patrick O'Brian's eye for historical detail will delight in Druett."
-Publisher's Weekly
"Carefully researched, elegantly illustrated with line drawings, and vividly written in lucid prose, this wonderful book is pleasing to leaf through and rewarding to read. It should be equally interesting to historians and interested laypersons."
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"The book is peppered with amusing anecdotes.."
-Fiona A. Macdonald, The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
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-John Townley," International Journal of Maritime History
"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
"Druett showcases excellent research with generous quotations...those who enjoyed Patrick O'Brian's eye for historical detail will delight in Druett."
-Publisher's Weekly
"Carefully researched, elegantly illustrated with line drawings, and vividly written in lucid prose, this wonderful book is pleasing to leaf through and rewarding to read. It should be equally interesting to historians and interested laypersons."
-Choice
"The book is peppered with amusing anecdotes.."
-Fiona A. Macdonald, The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL
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.
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- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0415924510
- ISBN 13 9780415924511
- BindingHardcover
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- Number of pages224
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