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The Health of Seamen (Paperback)
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The Health of Seamen (Paperback)
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The second half of the eighteenth century saw dramatic improvements
in the health of the Royal Navy and, as a result, an enhanced
capacity to fight and to successfully impose tight blockades. The
menace of scurvy was tamed through improved diet and the use of
citrus juice; and smallpox stopped in its tracks by a prompt
programme of vaccination following the findings of Edward Jenner.
The causes of typhus and malaria remained a mystery, but strides
were made in containing these diseases by developing rigorous
systems to control their spread. This volume comprises extracts
from the extensive writings of the three medical men who made major
contributions to these improvements and, indeed, chronicled their
progress. They were - James Lind, who was active from the 1740s,
became the first Physician of Haslar Hospital and was truly
regarded as the father of naval medicine - even if his role in the
conquest of scurvy was later exaggerated; Gilbert Blane, Physician
to Fleet of Lord Rodney and a Commissioner of Sick and Hurt from
1795; and Thomas Trotter, naval surgeon, Physician at Haslar, and
then Physician to the Channel Fleet 1794-1802. The works of these
men can now only be found in specialist libraries or at
considerable cost. This volume therefore comprises a valuable
addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in naval medicine.
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