Report of a special medical board, assembled by desire of the Commander in Chief, to take into consideration the prevalence of the purulent ophthalmia in the army.

  • Great Britain. Army Medical Board.
Date:
1810
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Credit: Report of a special medical board, assembled by desire of the Commander in Chief, to take into consideration the prevalence of the purulent ophthalmia in the army. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT of a SPECIAL MEDICAL BOARD, as- sembled by desire of the Commander in Chief to take into consideration the Prevalence of the purulent Ophthalmia in the Army, Sir Lucas Pepys, Bart. President, Sir Henry Halford, Bart. Doctor Baillie. Doctor Blane. Doctor Moseley. Everard Home, Esq. Thomas Keate, Esq. Francis Knight, Esq; Henry Cline, Esq. James Ware, Esq. J. W. Phipps, Esq. THE BOARD having deliberately investigated the several circumstances connected in a general manner with the Disease, and having adverted more particularly to those points which appear to have occasioned its late pre- valence in the Army, begs leave to submit to the Com- mander in Chief the following Remarks upon it; and, for the sake of perspicuity, it is thought advisable to arrange their observations under two general heads—-the means of Pre- vention, and the methods of Cure. A 2