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Health, Medicine, and the Sea: Australian Voyages, C.1815-60 by Katherine Foxhall (Paperback, 2016)
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During the nineteenth century, over 1.5 million migrants set sail from the British Isles to begin new lives in the Australian colonies. Health, medicine and the sea follows these people on a fascinating journey around half the globe to give a rich account of the creation of lay and professional medical knowledge in an ever-changing maritime environment. From consumptive convicts who pleaded that going to sea was their only chance of recovery, to sailors who performed macabre 'medical' rituals during equatorial ceremonies off the African coast, to surgeons' formal experiments with scurvy in the southern hemisphere oceans, to furious letters from quarantined emigrants just a few miles from Sydney, this wide-ranging and evocative study brings the experience and meaning of voyaging to life. Katherine Foxhall makes an important contribution to the history of medicine, imperialism and migration which will appeal to students and researchers alike. -- .Product Identifiers
PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN-139781784993610
eBay Product ID (ePID)222283857
Product Key Features
SubjectMedicine, Transportation, History
Publication Year2016
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameHealth, Medicine, and the Sea: Australian Voyages, C.1815-60
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorKatherine Foxhall
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Width138 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorKatherine Foxhall
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