A sketch of the history and cure of febrile diseases ; more particularly as they appear in the West-Indies among the soldiers of the British Army / by Robert Jackson.

  • Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827.
Date:
1817
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A sketch of the history and cure of febrile diseases ; more particularly as they appear in the West-Indies among the soldiers of the British Army / by Robert Jackson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    SKETCH, &c. OF FEBRILE DISEASES, CHAPTER I. Tropical Climate—General Feature of Medical To- pography— Locality— Seasons— Circumstances of Subject—Epidemic Influences—Contagion, or Non-contagion of Yellow Fever in the West- Indies, North-America, and Gibraltar. It is a fact open to common observation, and so obvious that it cannot have escaped the notice of any one who knows more of the world than the spot on which he was born, that migration from the native climate, to a foreign soil ordinarily acts on the existing con- dition of health, either by deterioration or improve- ment. The unfavourable change is noticeable in persons who migrate from Europe, particularly those