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Surgeon's mate

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would feed, wash and shave bedridden patients. The mate would prepare and administer medicines in the sick-bay, dress wounds and skin ulcers, and bleeding men who needed it. He was responsible for maintaining the ship's surgical instruments, for keeping accurate records of medicines and
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A surgeon's mate was responsible for visiting patients in the sick bay and attending to their needs. Along with the surgeon, he would examine patients during morning sick call. He would make daily rounds of men already in the
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expenditures, for inspecting the cook's pots and pans, and for supervising the loblolly boy.
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This article is about former rank in the Royal Navy. For a novel by Patrick O'Brian, see
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Assistant to the person responsible for the health of a ship's passengers and crew
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in 1805, and was considered equivalent to the rank of
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Index

Assistant surgeon
The Surgeon's Mate
Royal Navy
ship's surgeon
master's mate
first-rate
third-rate
frigates
sloops
sick bay
loblolly boy
midshipmen
master's mates
gunroom
"The organization of the Medical Department of the Royal Navy"
Lavery 1989
King 2001
Lewis 1960
Lewis 1960
A Sea of Words: Lexicon and Companion for Patrick O'Brian's Seafaring Tales
ISBN
0-8050-6615-2
Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organization
ISBN
0-87021-258-3
Categories
Military ranks of the Royal Navy
Nautical terminology
Marine occupations

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