Book ID: CBB001421458

Poxed and Scurvied: The Story of Sickness and Health at Sea (2011)

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Brown, Kevin (Author)


Naval Institute Press


Publication Date: 2011
Physical Details: ix + 246 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

When European sailors began to explore the rest of the world, the problem of keeping healthy on such long voyages became acute. Malnourishment and crowded conditions bred disease, but they also carried epidemics that decimated the indigenous populations they encountered - and brought back new diseases like syphilis. As navies developed, the well-being of crews became a dominant factor in the success of naval operations, so it is no surprise that the Royal Navy led the way in shipboard medical provision, and sponsored many of the advances in diet and hygiene which by the Napoleonic Wars gave it.

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Authors & Contributors
Sirena, Toni
Tibbles, Anthony
Tagarelli, Antonio
Stanley, Tom
Piro, Anna
Parker, Sarah Elizabeth
Concepts
Sea travel
Ships and shipbuilding
Disease and diseases
Epidemics
Public health
Medicine
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
Early modern
16th century
20th century
Places
Europe
Great Britain
Pacific Ocean
Netherlands
Manila (Philippines)
Batavia (Netherlands)
Institutions
Great Britain. Royal Navy
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