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Doctors at Sea - Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia (Hardcover, 2005 ed.) Loot Price: R1,522
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Doctors at Sea - Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): R. Haines

Doctors at Sea - Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

R. Haines

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In this engaging tale of movement from one hemisphere to another, we see doctors at work attending to their often odious and demanding duties at sea, in quarantine, and after arrival. The book shows, in graphic detail, just why a few notorious voyages suffered tragic loss of life in the absence of competent supervision. Its emphasis, however, is on demonstrating the extent to which the professionalism of the majority of surgeon superintendents, even on ships where childhood epidemics raged, led to the extraordinary saving of life on the Australian route in the Victorian era.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United States
Release date: November 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: R. Haines
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Edition: 2005 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4039-8685-6
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel writing > Expeditions
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history
Books > Travel > Travel writing > Expeditions
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LSN: 1-4039-8685-1
Barcode: 9781403986856

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