The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner.
- Date:
- 1900
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![THE SHIP CAPTAIH’S MEDICAL &UILE. GKNEKAL KEMAKKS. All readers of this ])Ook will he agreed that the interests of owners as well as commanders of ships are most powerfully aided hy sending every vessel to sea with a sound and healthy crew. Art has accom- plished a great deal in diminishing the gross amount of manual labour now required on hoard ship, and steam, patent reeding topsails, improved running gear, and many other recent changes have done much in assisting to reduce the number of hands re([uired to ensure all proper speed, and all possible; precautionary means of safety. Hut, as no vessel can ever be entirely independent of her crew, it is eminently necessary that she should haul out of dock with a robust supply (as to (piality) of hands ; that, as far as is possible, the good men shall not be called upon to do the work' of the sickly ns well as their B](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28996604_0021.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
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