Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures and Tables vii
4. Preface ix
5. Contributors xi
6. Acknowledgements xiii
7. Abbreviations xiv
8. Introduction: Health, Medicine and the Maritime World: A History of Two Centuries 1
9. 1 ‘The Intention is Certain Noble’: The Western Squadron, Medical Trials, and the Sick and Hurt Board during the Seven Years War (1756–63) 19
10. 2 Royal Navy Surgeons, 1793–1815: A Collective Biography 38
11. 3 Surgery in the Royal Navy during the Republican and Napoleonic Wars (1793–1815) 63
12. 4 The Sick and Hurt Board: Fit for Purpose? 90
13. 5 An ‘Important and Truly National Subject’: The West Africa Service and the Health of the Royal Navy in the Mid Nineteenth Century 108
14. 6 Mortality and Migration: A Survey 128
15. 7 Slave Purchasing Strategies and Shipboard Mortality: Day-to-Day Evidence from the Dutch African Trade, 1751–1797 143
16. 8 Ships, Families and Surgeons: Migrant Voyages to Australia in the Age of Sail 172
17. 9 Medical Encounters on the Kala Pani: Regulation and Resistance in the Passages of Indentured Indian Migrants, 1834–1900 195
18. Bibliography 213
19. Index 221