- Ship's doctor
A Ship's doctor is the person responsible for the health of the people aboard a ship whilst at sea. The assistant to the ship's doctor was called a
loblolly boy in 18th and 19th century warships.George Bass sailed toNew South Wales as the ship's doctor on board HMS "Reliance". [ [http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/bassflind.htm Explorers of Australia: George Bass and Matthew Flinders] ]References
External links
* [http://www.old-picture.com/american-history-1900-1930s/Doctor-Ships.htm Ship's doctor at his cabinet]
* Kaji Sritharan, [http://careers.bmj.com/careers/advice/view-article.html?id=1607 Maritime medicine] , April 15, 2006,BMJ Careers advice
* [http://www.shipsdoctors.com/ Ship's Doctor] , a P&O website
* [http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/02/profile.ship.doctor/index.html Ship's doctor's work far from fiction] , Peggy Peck, August 3, 2005
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