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Merchant Seamen's Health, 1860-1960

By Tim Carter

Merchant Seamen's Health, 1860-1960 Medicine

Merchant Seamen's Health, 1860-1960

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This book examines successive campaigns fought by reformers to improve seamen's health and fitness, sometimes aided by, often opposed by, bureaucracies and vested interests, such as ship-owners. It shows how these campaigns originated; how reformers, bureaucracies and vested interests interacted; and how far the campaigns succeeded. Among the many successes were the controls for infectious diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, tuberculosis and venereal infections; fewer accidents and health problems resulting from alcohol consumption; improvements to diet and medical care aboard ships; and improved assessment of seamen's fitness, including for colour blindness, an essential requirement following the introduction of coloured navigation lights. During this period up to three quarters of all merchant shipping was British-owned and, while some British approaches in the field of maritime safety were widely adopted internationally, it was often the case that other nations could teach Britain much about protecting the health of seamen.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2014-10-16
Publication Date:
2014-10-16
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1843839520
ISBN13:
9781843839521
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[email protected]
Weight:
529 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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