An inquiry into the causes which produce, and the means of preventing diseases among British officers, soldiers and others in the West Indies ... / by John Bell.

  • Bell, John, -1828?
Date:
1791
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Credit: An inquiry into the causes which produce, and the means of preventing diseases among British officers, soldiers and others in the West Indies ... / by John Bell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of the quarter to which, at that time, they were deftined, I felt fome emotions of pity, of forriHv, and indignation at feeing fo fine a body of Britifh foldiers doomed, as I thought, to deftrudtion, not by the enemy, nor even by the climate they were to encounter, but by caufes which we have it in our power to remove, arid which ever have been and ever muft be deftrudive to the army of this coun- try, whether in peace or in war. I therefore refumed my intention, and haftily drew up a memorial on the caufes of difeafe among foldiers in the Weft Indies, which Lieutenant Colonel Lenox was fo kind as to offer to prefent to the Duke of Richmond, who as Mafter General of the Ordnance ought to be, and commonly is confidered as being at the head of the army, while there is no Com- mander in Chief. But, about that time the convention took place with Spain, and it was thought that theoccafion was paft which might render fuch a reprefentation neceffary. How- ever, the fubjed naving been again ftartedwas purfued,and I now offer the following obferva- tions to tne public, from a motive which'cannot be cenfured, an earned: defire to preferve the health and lives of the Britifh army, and to promote the interefts of my country. I avoid.