Ship's doctor
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A Ship's doctor is the person responsible for the health of the people aboard a ship whilst at sea. The assistant to the ship's doctor was called a loblolly boy in 18th and 19th century warships.
George Bass sailed to New South Wales as the ship's doctor on board HMS Reliance.[1]
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- Ship's doctor at his cabinet
- Kaji Sritharan, Maritime medicine, April 15, 2006, BMJ Careers advice
- Ship's Doctor, a P&O website
- Ship's doctor's work far from fiction, Peggy Peck, August 3, 2005
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