Author: Katherine Foxhall
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130157
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
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.
Health, medicine, and the sea
Author: Katherine Foxhall
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130157
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130157
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
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.
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The Certain Truth, the Science and the Authority of the Scriptural Chronology
Geography, Ecology & Environment Quick Revision Material for UPSC & State PSC General Studies Exams
Author: Disha Experts
Publisher: Disha Publications
ISBN: 9391025064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Disha Publications
ISBN: 9391025064
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Origines Kalendariae Hellenicae
Author: Edward Greswell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calendar, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Calendar, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Thai Garden Style
Author: William Warren
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462907237
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This Thai gardening book presents the finest luxury gardens of Thailand and is of enormous importance to the field of tropical gardening. Containing over 250 photographs by world-renowned Italian photographer Luca Invernizzi Tettoni and authoritative text by gardening expert William Warren, Thai Garden Style is a unique book. Showcasing many of the finest contemporary Thai gardens in lavish color, it contains a wealth of botanical and other information. Some of the gardens are in private homes, others in top international hotels and resorts, and each is a fantastic portrayal of tropical luxury. Rich in detail and superbly photographed, Thai Garden Style will be of great interest to professional landscape architects and weekend gardening enthusiasts alike, as well as to anyone interested Thailand's extraordinary architecture and cultural heritage.
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462907237
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
This Thai gardening book presents the finest luxury gardens of Thailand and is of enormous importance to the field of tropical gardening. Containing over 250 photographs by world-renowned Italian photographer Luca Invernizzi Tettoni and authoritative text by gardening expert William Warren, Thai Garden Style is a unique book. Showcasing many of the finest contemporary Thai gardens in lavish color, it contains a wealth of botanical and other information. Some of the gardens are in private homes, others in top international hotels and resorts, and each is a fantastic portrayal of tropical luxury. Rich in detail and superbly photographed, Thai Garden Style will be of great interest to professional landscape architects and weekend gardening enthusiasts alike, as well as to anyone interested Thailand's extraordinary architecture and cultural heritage.
Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plants of Indian Subcontinent
Author: J.K. Maheshwari
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 9387991199
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The book contains 150 papers on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants and Economic Plant of Indian Sub-continent.
Publisher: Scientific Publishers
ISBN: 9387991199
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 672
Book Description
The book contains 150 papers on Ethnobotany, Medicinal Plants and Economic Plant of Indian Sub-continent.
Miscellanea Curiosa
Author: Edmond Halley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Miscellanea Curiosa
Author: Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description