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Saving lives and limbs on the high seas: The extraordinary world of early modern ship's surgeons
By the 17th century, surgeons were a regular presence on English merchant and naval ships. This was an era of improved ship ...
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A 1747 study found the treatment for scurvy. A man accused of ‘quackery’ may have inspired it
The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...
Trans Navy Commander Says Trump’s Ban Would Leave ‘Critical Holes’ in America’s Military | Video
On The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Navy Commander discussed why Trump's transgender ban will hurt the US military.
Navy medical ship to be named for Portsmouth
An expeditionary medical ship used by the Navy will be named for the city of Portsmouth. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named the Bethesda-class ship to honor the city’s long legacy of hosting ...
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A 1747 study found the treatment for scurvy. A man accused of ‘quackery’ may have inspired it
Things changed when Royal Navy surgeon James Lind set out to see what could be used to treat scurvy, the scourge of sailors for thousands of years. But a new analysis of an 18th century study by ...
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Navy medical ship to be named for Portsmouth
Darin Via, the U.S. Navy Surgeon General and chief of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Via spent the majority of his professional military and medical life at the medical center.