The Seaman’s Medical Instructor
N D Falck
The Seaman’s Medical Instructor is an eighteenth-century medical guide by Nikolai Detlef Falck (1736-1783), written to help sailors treat illness and injury at sea where no physician was available. It belongs to the early literature of maritime medicine. The book is a period source for the history of medicine and seafaring. Free PDF download available on BDeBooks.
