{"product_id":"9781108028974","title":"The Seaman's Medical Advocate : Or, an Attempt to Shew that Five Thousand Seamen Are, Annually, during War, Lost to the British Nation through the Yellow Fever (Cambridge Library Collection - Naval and Military History)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by a naval surgeon in 1798, this medical treatise provides a frank and harrowing account of life in the British navy. Elliot Arthy started his career as a surgeon's mate in the Africa and West Indies merchant service. He eventually became a surgeon, and worked on a slave ship for many years. In this publication he shows that at least 5,000 seamen were lost to Britain annually through yellow fever and other illnesses, a loss the nation could little afford during wartime. Stressing the 'absolute necessity' for naval surgeons, Arthy's treatise is divided into six parts: the first examines the nature and causes of yellow fever; the second discusses how seamen come into contact with the disease; the third focuses on other causes of the loss of seamen on board ships of war; the fourth on statistics. The fifth and sixth parts suggest methods of prevention.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48726763831531,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":76.91,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781108028974-1.jpg?v=1781655195","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/ja\/products\/9781108028974","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}