The Ship's Medicine Chest and First Aid at Sea
Washington, DC: GPO, 1955. Reprint/Rev. Edition. 498, illus. (some color), diagrams, appendix, glossary, index, boards somewhat worn & scuffed. This revised edition (based on the 1947 edition) contains some content substitutions based on major changes in medical practice. Green pages inserted before five chapters indicate passages to be updated; actual content substitutions have been made with "Standard Lists of Drugs and Chemicals For All Types of Vessels, " and current regulations of the Public Health Service regarding medical care of its beneficiaries and foreign quarantine activities and the listing of the hospitals and outpatient facilities of the Public Health Service. The original edition was published in 1881. An interesting snapshot of medicine in the post-Korean War era. Condition: fair to good.
Keywords: First Aid, Hygiene, Merchant Marine, Military Medicine, Narcotic, Public Health, Quarantine, Seamen, Sickbay
[Book #56056]
Price: $50.00