Sick at sea? cure it or cut it off!
By: Anna Claybourne
Series: Crabtree connections; Crabtree connections
Publisher: Crabtree Pub. Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9780778799016; 9780778799221
Subjects: Environmentally induced diseases; Juvenile literature; Naval Medicine; History
Description: Would you dare be the surgeon on board a sailing ship in the 1700s? You'll need to know where to find dragon's blood, how to drill into a skull without anesthetic, how to stop rotting limbs from falling off! Learn all of the curious cures you'll need to treat dreadful diseases at sea.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 31) and index.
Table of contents: title: Welcome aboard!; title: Cabin fever; title: Terrible toothache; title: Falls and fractures; title: Stomach bugs; title: Coughs and colds; title: Lancing a boil; title: Battle wounds; title: Rotten wounds; title: Off with his leg!; title: Hot and cold; title: Scary scurvy; title: All in your head.