Merchant seamen's health, 1860-1960 : medicine, technology, shipowners and the state in Britain / Tim Carter.

Woodbridge, Suffolk : The Boydell Press, 2014.

xviii, 216 pages : illustrations, black and white photographs ; 24 cm

Health at sea before 1860 -- Unseaworthy seamen -- The health of merchant seamen in the ninteenth century -- Injury and disease at sea in the ninteenth century -- The seaman ashore: victim, threat or patient? -- Bad food and donkey's breakfasts -- Fit for lookout duties -- The long-term health of seamen -- War, manpower and fitness for service -- Seamen's health in the welfare state -- Retrospect and prospect.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index.