Ship’s Surgeon

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Ship’s Surgeon

A term which had currency during the British Royal Navy's Age of Sail. Then, surgeons didn’t have much medical training. They cared for the ship’s crew, dealing with battle wounds, syphilis, scurvy and the other medical problems

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