Health, medicine, and the sea: Australian Voyages, c.1815-1860; Half Title Page; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Maps and figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Problems of departure; 2. Steaming ships; 3. Geographies of the tropical Atlantic; 4. Such concentrated mischief': scurvy and imprisonment; 5. Trust and authority below the hatches; 6. From emigrants to immigrants: quarantine and the colony; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
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