Shipwreck Survivors, M Critchley

Shipwreck Survivors, A medical study
Macdonald Critchley

From the preface: “This volume constitutes the Bradshaw lecture, 1942, which I had the honour to deliver to the Royal College of Physicians…… It is dedicated to the officers and men of the Royal Navies who have fallen or have suffered in defence of their country and its trade-routes”.
Contents include: The effects of cold; Thirst; Hunger and lack of food; Condition at time of rescue; Psychological aspects; Prevention and treatment.

Hardback. Blue book cloth cover. Slightly faded at corners but otherwise in very good condition. Booksellers sticker on inside front cover. Very slight foxing to front endpaper.

119 pages
8 pages of black and white photographs
122 mm x 190 mm (5 in x 7.5 in)
1943, J & A Churchill Ltd