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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
..."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."
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"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
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-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
Scurvy. Amputation. Tropical disease. Irritable captains. Mutinous crews. Such were the trials facing the men who shipped out as doctors on South Seas whalers in the early nineteenth century. Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men undergoing unbelievable hardships. In this lively and often darkly humorous tale we learn what type of person would sign on for a dangerous three year voyage across the globe, what types of medicines and surgical tools were available and what sort of people they encountered on remote South Seas islands.
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- PublisherRoutledge
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0415924529
- ISBN 13 9780415924528
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- Number of pages282
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