the medical environment of the ironclad navy by jan k. herman historian, navy medical department...
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The Medical Environment
of the Ironclad Navy
By Jan K. Herman
Historian, Navy Medical Department
Director, Benjamin Rush Education Center
“David goes out to meet Goliath and every man who can walk to the beach sits down there, spectators of
the first ironclad battle of the world…”
Captain John Worden, USN
“Soon, after noon, a shell from the enemy’s gun, the muzzle not ten yards distant, struck the forward side of the pilot’s house directly in the sight hole or slit and exploded, cracking the second iron log and partly lifting the top, leaving an opening.”