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Subject: [SA-HISTORY] Ship's Surgeons of the Dutch East India Company-Commerce and the Progress of Medicine in the 18th Century by Iris Bruijn :Amsterdam University Press (AUP)
Date: Fri, 08 May 2009 00:13:25 +0200
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TITLE : Ship's Surgeons of the Dutch East India Company - Commerce and
the Progress of Medicine in the Eighteenth Century
AUTHOR : Iris Bruijn
DESCRIPTION : 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
The ship’s surgeons in the employ of the Dutch East India Company were
responsible for the healthcare on board the ships and in the hospitals
founded by the Company in a vast geographical area expanding from South
Africa to Japan. They were not highly regarded by their contemporaries,
who criticised them for being little more than barbers or loblolly boys.
The author of this fascinating study paints the true picture of the
profession, drawing on her analysis of data for some 3,000 ship’s
surgeons in the Company’s service, and including the recruitment policy
of the Company, the career of the surgeons, their geographical origins,
their life expectancy, to mention but a few. The results of her
analysis, based on many hitherto unpublished sources, show this negative
image to be a myth. The surgeons were, as a rule, fairly well educated
according to the standards of their time. The tragic fact that they were
confronted with diseases unknown in Europe and incurable at the time
contributed to the sailors’ and the society’s dismissive attitude to
their skills.
Iris Bruijn is a naval historian and Compliance Officer at the
international law firm Clifford Chance in Amsterdam.
24 March 2009
ISBN 978 90 8728 051 2
15,6 x 23,4 cm, 388 pages,
paperback, 2009
English
€ 39,50
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