| Pirate and Buccaneer Doctors (Reprint Booklet) Contributor(s): Eloesser, Leo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1616461861 ISBN-13: 9781616461867 Publisher: Coachwhip Publications OUR PRICE: $9.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Tropical Medicine - History | United States - Colonial Period (1600-1775) - Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding - History |
| Physical Information: 0.07" H x 7" W x 10" (0.18 lbs) 36 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Leo Eloesser brings together a historical look at the pirate surgeon, often as shifty and larcenous as his pirate and buccaneer companions. A life on the sea was not without danger. Injury and disease were common, and sailors held their doctors in (often superstitious) esteem. Eloesser profiles several pirate doctors, including why they joined such endeavors, and how some rose through the ranks. This is a facsimile reprint of an article first published in the Annals of Medical History in 1926. |