Sea Diseases

(London , 1943)

By Allison, R.S

(London, 1943). b/w plates. xxiii, 218 pp. “The story of a great natural experiment in preventive medicine in the Royal Navy.” An excellent general history of the subject, beginning in ancient times, running through the conquest of scurvy and other shipboard diseases in the 19th century. With a bibliography. VG

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Title

Sea Diseases

Author

Allison, R.S

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Publisher

(London

Date

1943)

Ten Pound Island Book Co.

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