A letter to the Commissioners of Military Enquiry; explaining the true constitution of a medical staff, the best form of economy for hospitals, etc. With a refutation of ... a letter by Dr. Bancroft, army physician, dated April 28, 1808 / [Robert Jackson].

  • Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827.
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[1808]
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Credit: A letter to the Commissioners of Military Enquiry; explaining the true constitution of a medical staff, the best form of economy for hospitals, etc. With a refutation of ... a letter by Dr. Bancroft, army physician, dated April 28, 1808 / [Robert Jackson]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    those scenes of trial in which they have been exposed; yet I believe most perfectly that, if Dr. Bancroft, the physician-general, or any other of, the fraternity can furnish you with satisfactory proof that the knowledge of their class so far exceeds that of other men as they pretend, you wall candidly acknowledge that there is an error in your report; and, instead of suggesting that no more regular physicians be a[)pointed for the service of the army, you will recommend most seriously, and press the impor¬ tance of your recommendation most earnestly upon the attention of government, that a re¬ gular physician be in future appointed to every regiment of the line; for such more expressly as are destined to serve in unhealthy climates; for, if it should appear that the lives of tw o or three hundred men could be saved annually in each of these corps by the proper application of the extraordinarv skill of the regulars, besides the grace and humanity of the act, there would 'be a great saving in point of expence, even if the physician had a salary of two thousand a year. This project, to which the physician- general appears to be inclined, w ould, 1 pre¬ sume, satisfy Dr. Bancroft, if his tlvrst for rank and pay be satiable; and, as I believe that you have no motive in presenting tlie suggestions lor I