Ship's Surgeons of the Dutch East India Company Commerce and the Progress of Medicine in the Eighteenth Century

• Main Author: Bruijn, Iris (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden University Press 2009
• Series: LUP Academic
• Subjects: History; Medicine; dutch east india company; history of amsterdam; geschiedenis; medicine and health; history; medical history; geneeskunde; surgeons; 18th century; geography; auxiliary disciplines; geschiedenis van amsterdam; Asia; Netherlands
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The ship's surgeons in the employ of the Dutch East India Company were responsible for the healthcare on board the ships and in the hospitals founded by the Company in a vast geographical area expanding from South Africa to Japan. They were not highly regarded by their contemporaries, who criti...