Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary of nautical terms used
- Introduction
- 1 Health at sea before 1860
- 2 Unseaworthy seamen
- 3 The health of merchant seamen in the nineteenth century
- 4 Injury and disease at sea in the nineteenth century
- 5 The seaman ashore: victim, threat or patient?
- 6 Bad food and donkey's breakfasts
- 7 Fit for lookout duties
- 8 The long-term health of seamen
- 9 War, manpower and fitness for service
- 10 Seamen's health in the welfare state
- 11 Retrospect and prospect
- Bibliography
- Index
List of Abbreviations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 November 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Glossary of nautical terms used
- Introduction
- 1 Health at sea before 1860
- 2 Unseaworthy seamen
- 3 The health of merchant seamen in the nineteenth century
- 4 Injury and disease at sea in the nineteenth century
- 5 The seaman ashore: victim, threat or patient?
- 6 Bad food and donkey's breakfasts
- 7 Fit for lookout duties
- 8 The long-term health of seamen
- 9 War, manpower and fitness for service
- 10 Seamen's health in the welfare state
- 11 Retrospect and prospect
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Merchant Seamen's Health, 1860–1960Medicine, Technology, Shipowners and the State in Britain, pp. xiv - xvPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2014