The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.

  • Leach, Harry.
Date:
1901
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    own ; and that all on the articles shall have a chance of ‘ starting fair.’ It is believed that the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894, sections 208 and 204 (extracts from which may be found at the end of this book), might, if faithfully carried out, do much to effect this very desirable object. All captains know to their cost the excessive inconvenience and serious losses that arise from shipping unhealthy men for a long voyage; men who, as soon as the ship is put to sea, present themselves aft with a bad rupture, a large ulcer, a big bubo, or a diseased heart; lay up for days, weeks, and months, give thereby additional labour to the rest of the watch, and eventually take money from the owners that they have in no wise earned. The adoption of these sections of the Act will give a practical surety to the captain that his crew are in as good order as his spars and gear, to the crew that they will not be compelled to do more than a fair day’s work for a fair day’s wage, and to the owner that he will really get a fair day’s work out of every hand shipped. It is now a duty to tell the reader that the follow- ing pages are written with the object of showing not onlv what to do in cases of accident and sickness, */ but what to avoid. 1 )octors have lately leaimt much on this head, and will tell you that in the practice of their own ])rofession much harm may be done to the body by meddling and muddling. It is very
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