The navy-Surgeon: or, a practical system of surgery : Illustrated with observations on such remarkable Cases, as have occurred to the Author's Practice in the Service of the Royal Navy. To which is added, A Treatise on the Venereal Disease, the Causes, Symptoms, and Method of Cure by Mercury: An Enquiry into the Origin of that Distemper; in which the Dispute between Dr Dover and Dr Turner, concerning Crude Mercury, is fully consider'd; with useful Remarks thereon. Also an appendix, Containing Physical Observations on the Heat, Moisture and Density of the Air on the Coast of Guiney; the Colour of the Natives; the Sicknesses which they and the Europeans trading thither are subject to; with a Method of Cure. By John Atkins, Surgeon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkins, John, 1685-1757.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surgery--Early works to 1800.

Surgery.

Medicine, Naval--History--18th century.

Medicine, Naval.

Sexually transmitted diseases--Treatment--Early works to 1800.

Sexually transmitted diseases.

Guinea--History--18th century.

Guinea.

Great Britain. Royal Naval Medical Service--18th century.

Great Britain.

Dover, Thomas, 1660-1742.

Dover, Thomas.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([6],x,[10],257,vii,28p. )

Edition:

The second edition.

Other Title:

Navy-Surgeon

The navy-Surgeon

Place of Publication:

London : printed for W. Warner, at Dryden's Head, next the Rose Tavern, without Temple Bar, [1737]

Notes:

A reissue of the 1734 edition, without the separate titlepage for the appendix.

With an initial leaf of advertisements, a leaf of dedication after the titlepage and five leaves of contents after the preface.

The appendix has separate pagination.

Price from imprint: price 3s.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T87848.

OCLC:

642720671