Dudley, Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir Sheldon, KCB, and others A GUIDE TO THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AT SEA AFTER SHIPWRECK , HMSOLondon, 1943,

paperback, 21pp, line drawings in text, white paper pamphlet about 9.5 x 6 inches, stapled wrappers, marked as M.R.C. War Memorandum No. 8, produced by the Committee on the Care of Shipwrecked Personnel of the Medical Research Council, giving the latest recommendations for officers of the Merchant Navy and Royal Navy on the preservation of life of those who had been shipwrecked, much of it based on the experiences of survivors of of the Battle of the Atlantic, covering routine preparations and precautions, action in emergency, abandoning ship, procedures whilst in the lifeboat, treatment of sick and wounded, lifeboat ailemnts to be expected, steps to take towards rescue and the treatment of casualties after rescue, a little creased and soiled, small paper label top cnr. upperr wrapper, a few fox marks and staples a little rusty, (Book ref. 40500)  £40.00

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