Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army.

  • Hunter, John, -1809.
Date:
MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
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Credit: Observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica : and on the best means of preserving the health of Europeans, in that climate / by John Hunter, M.D.F.R.S. and physician to the army. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Befides medicines and wine it was ne- cerTary to have among hofpital flores, bedding, cooking utenlils, and feveral other articles that are wanted in furnifh- ing an hofpital -y for foldiers are allowed no bedding in the Weft Indies, and ge- nerally have none except a blanket. Medicines muft necefTarily be provided by government in that country, for what is called the medicine money of a furgeon, would not purchafe one twen- tieth part of the requifite articles. Bark alone would coil fome hundred pounds; it is often fold in the country for three pounds currency per pound, and at a moderate computation, one pound annually is neceffary for each man. From this article alone a judg- ment may be formed, how much it is beyond the power either of a furgeon of a {hip of war, or of a regiment, to furnifh medicines for the men in that country ; and unlefs government inter- pofe, the fick mull remain deftitute of many