Surgeon's mate
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Surgeon's mate
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A surgeon's mate was a rank in the Royal Navy for a medically trained assistant to the ship's surgeon. The rank was renamed assistant surgeon in 1805, and was considered equivalent to the rank of master's mate/mate. In 1807, first-rate would have three, a third-rate two, and frigates and sloops one. 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 ro
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Assistant to the person responsible for the health of a ship's passengers and crew
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgeon%27s_mate
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2022-04-21T22:14:01Z
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