Seaworthy: A History of Maritime Health and Medicine

An examination of subjects such as scurvy, the Middle Passage, SCUBA and SeaLab, Caisson disease, horseshoe crabs, the health of emigrants, desalination, seasickness, shipwrecks, whaling and the health of seamen across the ages. Supported by books, journals and magazines from Ebling's Rare Books and Special Collections and materials from Memorial's Special Collections, Steenbock, the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wendt Libraries.