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An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, etc. with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: in two letters to a friend / by Samuel Sutton.

  • Sutton, Samuel.
Date:
1749
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An historical account of a new method for extracting the foul air out of ships, etc. with the description and draught of the machines, by which it is performed: in two letters to a friend / by Samuel Sutton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Soon after, when the plague raged in Sicily, and timely precau¬ tions were taken to prevent it’s be¬ ing introduced hither, I again wrote to the earl of Winchelfea, as follows. My Lord, A Proclamation being iffued out for fhips to perform Qua- rentine, I humbly beg leave to ac¬ quaint your lordlhip, that if my fcheme for extracting of foul air, was properly put in practice on board fuch fhips; it would effec¬ tually preferve the health and lives of his majefty’s fubjeCts. And, fuch a fume being let down as the phylicians may judge expedient,, great advantages would arife, with¬ out any ill confequences whatfoe- ver-