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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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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    great as it may be, is not the only obstacle which presents; for, if I were confident in abi- lity and Capable of labour as in the vigour of youth, the means of printing a work of the magnitude contemplated (for it could not be comprised in fewer than two quarto volumes) is not now, and in no probability will ever be under my command. The hopes therefore of analyzing, reducing into system, and sub- mitting to public inspection the substance of the materials which are in my possession, can- not be any longer entertained by me; but, as the view which I have formed concerning fever is somewhat different from the common view, and as the manner, in which I act in combating its effects, appears to myself at least not to be unimportant, I could not be satisfied that I had discharged the duty of my station, if I did not, in some way or other, endeavour to give it publicity, belie- ving, as I do, that if rightly understood and duly applied, it may tend to alleviate the extent of human misery, and even, in no inconsiderable degree, diminish the ordinary expenditure of human life.—Influenced by this impression, I sat down to put together, with a view to publication, the sum of my experience and observation concerning the