A letter to the officers of the Army under orders for, or that may hereafter be sent, to the West Indies, on the means of preserving health, and preventing that fatal disease the Yellow Fever / by Stewart Henderson.

  • Henderson, Stewart, active 1799.
Date:
1795
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Credit: A letter to the officers of the Army under orders for, or that may hereafter be sent, to the West Indies, on the means of preserving health, and preventing that fatal disease the Yellow Fever / by Stewart Henderson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    tjreat Britain containing, the fame number of inha-* bitants fuffei's fb i little from dileafe : not a- man ' died on board,*and only .eiglit at the hofpital,-four . of thofe were from'accidents j fa that four can only be faid to have died from, difeafes of the climate j t this, may be known by the (hip’sbooks at the navy office. . The reft of the fleet were^ I believe, equally healthy, but in this fit ip I can fpeak more confidently,’ that every precaution was madeufe of to prevent, dileafe by the judicious orders of the- Captain and attention of the Firft Lieutenant, with- ' out whidi all our medical efforts would have availed but little-.; ; : . the future/health of the men and exemption - from difeafss of the country will in' a great meafure depend on, the ftate they arrive in> and as their fervices may be immediately wanted, it is of ihe^ Utmoft confequence that they arrive healthy,- other- wife the purpofes of government in fending them out muft be defeated j for health, when once loft, is not foon recovered -ifi that country. Bc' fides, when ficknefs prevails in a (hip there is no One fecure from it; officers will, thereforej confi- der of what importance it is to employ every falu- tary means which by experience have been fouiKl ufeful; and the fatisfaftion they will have in land- ing with men in health and fpiritsfit for any en- terprife, will compenfate for the trouble they had in attending t© them- while on board; befide9;'ic is a. duty we owe to our country, and the fervicc we have engaged in.