Seaworthy: A History of Maritime Health and Medicine
Location:
Ebling Library Historical Reading Room, Health Sciences Learning Center
Contact:
262-2402, msullivan@library.wisc.edu
Description:
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.
Starts
9/28/2011 @ 12:00
Ends
9/28/2011
Location
University of Wisconsin - Madison
500 Lincoln Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Location:
Ebling Library Historical Reading Room, Health Sciences Learning Center
Contact:
262-2402, msullivan@library.wisc.edu
Description:
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.