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200 1. $a The surgions mate $b Texte imprimé $e the first compendium on naval medicine, surgery and drug therapy (London 1617) $f by John Woodall $g edited and annotated by Irmgard Müller
210 .. $a Cham $c Springer international publishing $c Birkhäuser $d cop. 2016
215 .. $a 1 vol. (VI-343 p.) $c ill. $d 25 cm
225 |. $a Classic texts in the sciences $x 2365-9963
327 1. $a Short biography of the author John Woodall ; Presentation of the hygienic conditions
on board of trade and war ships around 1600 ; The beginning of ship medicine and
drug provision on board of sailing ships in the 16th and 17th centuries ; The impact
of John Woodall's handbook „The Surgions Mate” (London 1617) on the development and
formation of ship medicine ; A modern reproduction of John Woodall's „Surgions Mate“
(London 1617) ; Detailed commentary on the medical, surgical and pharmaceutical terms
in the text ; List of drugs and surgical instruments mentioned in the work ; Index
of alchemical signs ; John Woodall's medical and surgical accomplishments with regard
to the development of ship medicine in other nations ; References.
330 .. $a This book reproduces and comments John Woodall's handbook which was used as standard
text for medical treatment at sea in the seventeenth century and was the first instruction
for medical service aboard on the whole. In 1612 the East India Company, founded in
London 1600 and invested with special royal privileges and authority, appointed John
Woodall as its first surgeon-general, who had gained great medical experience at theatres
of war abroad. Woodall was appointed the task to radically reform the medical aid
on sailing ships and to supervise the education of talented ship doctors. He was the
first one to establish standardized regulations concerning the provision of instruments
and medicaments on board. To this end he wrote an instructive manual for ship surgeons
with the title “The Surgions Mate”, published in 1617 in London and edited repeatedly
until 1655, listing essential instruments and remedies for the use at sea and providing
detailed annotations. The manual's particularities include notes on the portion of
paracelsian drugs, the first enema of tobacco, the treatment of gunshot wounds and
the strong recommendation of lemon juice against scurvy. Moreover, descriptions of
injuries, instruments, and many diseases as a result of Woodall's extended personal
observations at sea are given. The present edition of this exceptional classic includes
comprehensive annotations on the first medical chest and its application on sailing
ships. Also, the implications of Woodall's achievements in regard to the development
of ship medicine and pharmacy in other seafaring nations are discussed. The book will
appeal to historians of medicine and interested readers alike
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