TROTTER, Thomas
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Observations on the scurvy.Edinburgh: C. Eliot & G. G. J. & J. Robinson, 1786.Subjects: NUTRITION / DIET › Deficiency Diseases › Scurvy |
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Medicina nautica; an essay on the diseases of seamen. 3 vols.London: T. Cadell, jun. & W. Davies (T. N. Longman and O. Rees), 1797 – 1803.Trotter has left an excellent account of the conditions of seamen at the beginning of the 19th century. His book includes an interesting theory of the causation of fevers. He worked hard to improve the conditions of the ship’s medical officer and the seaman. Subjects: MILITARY MEDICINE, SURGERY & HYGIENE › Navy, Maritime Medicine |
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An essay, medical, philosophical, and chemical, on drunkenness, and its effects on the human body.London: T. N. Longman & O. Rees, 1804.The first book on alcoholism, expanded from Trotter's MD dissertation: Dissertatio medica inauguralis, quædam de ebrietate, ejusque effectibus in corpus humanum complectens, quam ... pro gradu doctoris ... (Edinburgh: Apud Balfour et Smellie, 1788). Digital facsimile of the 1804 edition from the Internet Archive at this link. Subjects: TOXICOLOGY › Drug Addiction, TOXICOLOGY › Drug Addiction › Alcoholism |