ZDRAVSTVENE PRILIKE NA GALIJAMA I BOLESTI KRČKIH GALIJOTA

Abstract

Based on data from the preserved archival materials and the published fragmentary presentations, this work attempts to reconstruct the hard general and hygienic conditions that ruled on the galleys, as well as the specific sanitary problematic of the galleots of Krk island. Presented are the most common diseases and injuries as the consequences of hard labor, and the infectious diseases acquired in distant harbors.
On the galleys, wound healers of modest knowledge are active: in the inappropriate conditions, however, they still somehow relieve the numerous health sufferings of the crew.