tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post3369955881800921530..comments2023-04-29T04:48:18.973-07:00Comments on Theodosia and the Pirates: The Safety Net for "Pirates"Aya Katzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-70628506104060384622014-04-06T15:29:24.952-07:002014-04-06T15:29:24.952-07:00It would be nice to examine the contract for survi...It would be nice to examine the contract for survivorship provisions. Is the version of the contract published in Madeleine Fabiola Kent's The Corsair accurate?Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-50309341918481481712014-04-06T15:00:11.712-07:002014-04-06T15:00:11.712-07:00I don't know if survivors of the deceased sail...I don't know if survivors of the deceased sailors got any of their shares. It doesn't seem likely to me. Most common sailors (and even many captains and officers) of the time were not married.Ozarklorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348265376584155745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-70891693848526209302014-04-05T10:27:08.572-07:002014-04-05T10:27:08.572-07:00Hi, Pam. Nice to finally see you here!
Septicemia...Hi, Pam. Nice to finally see you here!<br /><br />Septicemia was definitely an factor, in amputations as well as in childbirth. But it was nice to know that if you did survive the loss, there was compensation. <br /><br />Do you happen to know if widows and orphans inherited the dead man's share of the compensation?Aya Katzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339668413030878426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069432629974606542.post-8382816366274595102014-04-05T09:58:18.434-07:002014-04-05T09:58:18.434-07:00Not very many sailors who lost a limb received the...Not very many sailors who lost a limb received their "insurance" shares because the amputations were done without anesthesia, other than some alcohol to make the subject drunk, and if the shock of the surgery didn't result in death, loss of blood or septicemia often killed the amputee a short time later. Sterile procedure was unknown in that day.Ozarklorianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09348265376584155745noreply@blogger.com