A further inquiry into the comparative infrequency of calculous diseases among sea-faring people : with some observations on their frequency in Scotland / by Alex. Copland Hutchison.

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1830
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Credit: A further inquiry into the comparative infrequency of calculous diseases among sea-faring people : with some observations on their frequency in Scotland / by Alex. Copland Hutchison. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    INTO THE COMPARATIVE INFREQUENCY i OP CALCULOUS DISEASES AMONG SEA-FARING PEOPLE, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THEIR FREQUENCY IN SCOTLAND. By ALEX. COPLAND HUTCHISON, F.R.S. L. and Ed. SURGEON TO THE WESTMINSTER GENERAL DISPENSARY, AND A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THIS SOCIETY. Read May 4, 1830. In the year 1818, I first drew the attention of the public to the subject of the Comparative In- frequency of Urinary Calculi among Sea-faring People, in a paper contained in the ninth volume of the Transactions of this Society. My former calculations and inferences were derived chiefly from the maritime population of the naval service, in which I had spent the greater part of my pro- fessional life, both in active service at sea, in va- rious parts of the world, and subsequently as Sur- geon to the Naval Hospital at Deal. By official documents then obtained from the a 2