The Ship's Medicine Chest and First Aid at Sea by US Government - 1947

A Joint Project of the United States Public Health Service and the War Shipping Administration, 1947. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office: 1955 revised edition. VG condition. A hardcover reference manual on Naval / maritime medicine. A thorough guide for "emergency treatment at sea on vessels which do not carry a physician." Contents include: hygiene and sanitation; food handling and storage; sickbay management and supplies; general nursing care; emergency treatment of injuries; identifying and treating diseases; birth and death at sea; foreign quarantine; pharmaceuticals and safeguarding narcotics. Illustrated throughout the text with b&w and color photographs, maps, charts and diagrams. xi, 498 pages, appendix, glossary, index. Sturdy clothbound hardcover. Sound, tight binding. Clean internally. Some external stains, but not overly noticeable on the dark green cloth. A useful, informative book from the WW II / Cold War era.