Proceedings and report of a special medical board appointed by His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, and Secretary of State at War, to examine the state of the hospital at the military depot in the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. &c.

  • Great Britain. Army Medical Board.
Date:
1808
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Credit: Proceedings and report of a special medical board appointed by His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief, and Secretary of State at War, to examine the state of the hospital at the military depot in the Isle of Wight, &c. &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    At seven o’clock they resumed their business by examining the hospital books ; each member taking a separate book, and going over the cases, calling the attention of the Board to whatever appeared deserving of notice. After this was clone Dr. Jackson waited upon the cealed any thing that was done or doing, but on the con- trary produced it for public examination and approval or rejection. “ I have perhaps gone to a length on this subject which may be thought unnecessary; for to the Medical Board alone, I conceive, belongs the regulation of the army hos- pitals as far as relates to the medical treatment of the sick, and to them alone must attach responsibility for whatever they are or can be acquainted with. Mr. Kea'te’s'approba- tion on a former occasion, and the subsequent silence of the board, certainly implied an acquiescence in Dr. Jack- son's practice. “ Among the other remedies which may occur to you for giving a temporary melioration to the state of the bar- racks, the increasing the allowance of coals for the sitting rooms during the wet and winter months, and the use of stoves for drying the air of the sleeping rooms in the day, may not be unworthy of your consideration. “ Doubtful, from indisposition and other causes, of being able to see you this day, I have committed to paper what'I Should otherwise have said, and have the honor to remain, “ Sir, your most obedient, humble servant, • S. tJjBWETT, M. G. Sir J. M. Hayes, Bart. tSfc.ttfc. &c.” F 2