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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
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Joan Druett (Goodreads Author)

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Maria is 13% done

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Ashley is on page 50 of 270

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Ashley is on page 25 of 270

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Lucas Radford is on page 78 of 270

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Lucas Radford is on page 50 of 270

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Lucas Radford is on page 28 of 270

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Lucas Radford is on page 10 of 270

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Kirsten is on page 195 of 270

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Kirsten is on page 166 of 270

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Kirsten is on page 104 of 270

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Kirsten is on page 41 of 270

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Tiffany is on page 185 of 270

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Tiffany is on page 78 of 270

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Tiffany is on page 63 of 270

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Jamie is on page 64 of 270

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skein is on page 181 of 270

"Ship Sharon of Fairhaven put into Sydney NSW Dec 22nd for fresh hands, the crew having mutinied and killed the captain."

well goddamn okay

— Apr 25, 2016 03:54PM Add a comment

skein is on page 178 of 270

this is a way drier read than i want right now but even a dry and academic Druett is so much fun.

— Apr 25, 2016 03:50PM Add a comment

skein is on page 175 of 270

poor Dr Coulter is marooned on an island, adopted by the people, and tattooed all over -- and all he could think about was "tumors, abscesses, ulcers, and erysipelas ..."

— Apr 25, 2016 03:45PM Add a comment

skein is on page 150 of 270

cannot get over The Body That Would Not Stay Overboard & the captain who couldn't stop laughing long enough to finish the ceremony

— Apr 25, 2016 09:43AM Add a comment

skein is on page 129 of 270

Cpt. Hegarty sewed up a man's cut leg "with a sail needle and waxed twine" (OH MY GOOD FUCK), using the stitch he used to mend sail -- in a "neat herringbone pattern" (well that part does not sound too bad.)
it's a miracle anyone survived the 19th century.

— Apr 24, 2016 05:59PM Add a comment

skein is on page 128 of 270

the boatsteerer's legless body was "handed to the cook with instructions to revive the corpse and repair the damage as best he could."

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skein is on page 10 of 270

"the prime qualification for [becoming surgeon] was tr ability to stand the sight of blood."

— Apr 23, 2016 05:36PM Add a comment