Frontcover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of nautical terms used; Introduction; 1 Health at sea before 1860; 2 Unseaworthy seamen; 3 The health of merchant seamen in the nineteenth century; 4 Injury and disease at sea in the nineteenth century; 5 The seaman ashore: victim, threat or patient?; 6 Bad food and donkey's breakfasts; 7 Fit for lookout duties; 8 The long-term health of seamen; 9 War, manpower and fitness for service; 10 Seamen's health in the welfare state; 11 Retrospect and prospect; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Discusses the many measures taken in this period to improve seamen''s health and fitness
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 18, 2014)
