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Maritime Disease Ecology on Early Ships
Shipboard disease ecology before modern medicine: scurvy, infection, crowding, ports, naval history, and the epidemiology of life at sea.
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By Devin Teichrow. Published January 3, 2026.
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Shipboard disease ecology before modern medicine: scurvy, infection, crowding, ports, naval history, and the epidemiology of life at sea.
Life aboard a ship before modern medicine was a hellish experience.
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