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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Sailor's physician, exhibiting the symptoms, causes and treatment of diseases incident to seamen and passengers in merchant vessels: With directions for preserving their health in sickly climates; intended to afford medical advice to such persons while at sea, where a physician cannot be consulted.

Publication Details

Cambridge, MA: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820 CE.

Digital facsimile from U.S. National Library of Medicine at this link. This work underwent at least four editions, the last of which was published in 1851 under the title of Physician for ships....That edition included new material on California and the Gold Rush of 1849 and following years, "containing advice to persons bound to that region, both by sea and overland, for the preservation of health and cure of disease on their way and while employed at the gold diggings."

Thematic Classifications

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Entry Number#13168
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Author Bio Linkriheritagehalloffame.org ↗
External URLsailors-physician-exhibiting-the-symptoms-causes-and-treatment-of-diseases-incident-to-seamen-and-passengers-in-merchant-vessels-with-directions-for-preserving-their-health-in-sickly-climates-intended-to-afford-medical-advice-to-such-persons-while-at-sea-where-a-physician-cannot-be-consulted

Geographic Context

Publication place: Cambridge, MA