The Seaman's Medical Advocate : Or, an Attempt to Shew that Five Thousand Seamen Are, Annually, During War, Lost to the British Nation through the Yellow Fever Paperback / softback
by Elliot Arthy
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History series
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Written by a naval surgeon in 1798, this medical treatise provides a frank and harrowing account of life in the British navy.
Elliot Arthy started his career as a surgeon's mate in the Africa and West Indies merchant service.
He eventually became a surgeon, and worked on a slave ship for many years.
In this publication he shows that at least 5,000 seamen were lost to Britain annually through yellow fever and other illnesses, a loss the nation could little afford during wartime.
Stressing the 'absolute necessity' for naval surgeons, Arthy's treatise is divided into six parts: the first examines the nature and causes of yellow fever; the second discusses how seamen come into contact with the disease; the third focuses on other causes of the loss of seamen on board ships of war; the fourth on statistics.
The fifth and sixth parts suggest methods of prevention.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:286 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781108028974
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:286 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:11/04/2011
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- ISBN:9781108028974
