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Sea Diseases: or, a Treatise of Their Nature, Causes, and Cure. Also an Essay on Bleeding in Fevers; Shewing the Quantities of Blood to be Let, in any of Their Periods
Sea Diseases: or, a Treatise of Their Nature, Causes, and Cure. Also an Essay on Bleeding in Fevers; Shewing the Quantities of Blood to be Let, in any of Their Periods

Sea Diseases: or, a Treatise of Their Nature, Causes, and Cure. Also an Essay on Bleeding in Fevers; Shewing the Quantities of Blood to be Let, in any of Their Periods

Author (1668-1739)
Date1706
Object number00005996
NameBook
MediumInk on paper, leather bound boards
DimensionsOverall: 175 x 112 mm, 0.3 kg
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis book, titled 'Sea diseases: Or a Treatise Of their Nature, Causes, and Cure. Also An Essay on Bleeding in Fevers; Shewing the Quantities of Blood to be Let, in any of their Periods', was written by William Cockburn MD and published in 1706. It is the second edition and contains details of the diseases and illnesses Cockburn treated during his time serving as a ship's physician throughout the 1690s and early 1700s.HistoryWilliam Cockburn was a Scottish physician who published a number of medical works one being "Sea Diseases". This book focuses on the illnesses and diseases that appear when at sea and their effects. The book consists of two parts, “a Treatise of their Nature, Causes, and Cure” and “Historical Observations of the Sicknesses of the Fleet”.