Title Ship's surgeons of the Dutch East India Company : commerce and the progress of medicine in the eighteenth century / Iris Bruijn.

Publication Info.	[Leiden] : Leiden University Press, [2009]
	©2009

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Description	1 online resource (388 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Series	LUP Academic
	LUP academic.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	Introduction: coping with a black legend -- The surgeon's tale: the development of surgery -- The world of the East India Company surgeon -- The medical service of the Dutch East India Company -- The geographic origin of the Company's surgeons -- The career of the Company surgeons -- 'Great expectations'! -- Conclusion: the surgeon's legacy.
Summary	A powerful account of the working lives of surgeons in the service of the Dutch East India Company, offering graphic insights into their training and practice on board the Company's ships, against the backdrop of the general healthcare standards of the period.
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Language	Eng.
Subject	Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie -- History -- 18th century.
	Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
	History.
Chronological Term	18th century
Subject	Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
	Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.
	Vereinigte Ostindische Kompanie.
	Ship physicians -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century.
	Ship physicians.
	Netherlands.
	Physicians -- history.
	Commerce -- history.
	General Surgery -- history.
	History, 18th Century.
	Naval Medicine -- history.
	Netherlands.
Chronological Term	1700 - 1799
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Bruijn, Iris Diane Rosemary, 1958- Ship's surgeons of the Dutch East India Company. [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2009 9789087280512 (OCoLC)317753937
ISBN	9789048506576 (electronic book)
	9048506573 (electronic book)
	1282129244
	9781282129245
	9087280513
	9789087280512
	9789087280512

Title Ship's surgeons of the Dutch East India Company : commerce and the progress of medicine in the eighteenth century / Iris Bruijn.

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