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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    tropical climates, though generally re-* puted the caufe of their unheal thinefs, will not alone produce fevers, as is ftrongly exemplified in thofe living on board of fhip, who remain free from fe- vers -, and alfo in the inhabitants of cer- tain dry fandy fpots along the coaft, ill which the heat is uncommonly great* yet the fituations are healthy, as Fort- Augufta, Port-Royal, and others. Simple moiflure is harmlefs P3 at leafl as far as relates to the production of fe= vers, of which the two lafl-mentioned places may likewife be given as examples, for they are nearly furrounded with wa- ter on all fides. It is true, the air is perfectly clear -, yet it muft be loaded with moiflure, in confequence of the great heat of the fun ading upon the water. But the vapour arifing from wa* ter is harmlefs, even when rendered mor© * Vid. Med, Tranf. vol il. p. 521. an