Doctors at Sea: Emigrant Voyages to Colonial Australia

Front Matter....Pages i-x
‘It would be very satisfactory to land them all in good health’: Emigrants and their superintendents at sea....Pages 1-16
‘May it be the last of our sorrows’: Disease and death at sea....Pages 17-33
‘The obstinately dirty character of the people’: Origins, children, and epidemics at sea....Pages 34-53
‘A most efficient body of officers’: Surgeon superintendents and their responsibilities....Pages 54-80
‘His many duties and anxieties’: Supervision and discipline at sea....Pages 81-91
‘The mother’s milk generally fails them in about six weeks’: Infant and child health....Pages 92-103
‘The people suffered greatly in consequence’: Discomfort, weather, and Great Circle sailing....Pages 104-117
‘The Dr is supreame over all on board bar the Capton and Officers’: Matrons, constables, and emigrants....Pages 118-132
‘Firmness and indulgence, consideration and strictness’: Dr Strutt’s management of families and Irish girls....Pages 133-146
‘I held a court in the ward’: Dr Ayre and democracy at sea....Pages 147-169
‘The passengers are falling sick every day’: Epidemics and quarantine....Pages 170-179
Back Matter....Pages 180-248