Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries : particularly on those in the East Indies ; and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain / by John Clark.

Date:
1792
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Credit: Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries : particularly on those in the East Indies ; and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain / by John Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    ably healthy. But this climate was r6- pi efented formerly to have been produc- tive of malignant fevers, carrying off Europeans immediately on their firft anival. Nor is this to be wondered at, when we ai e told, that the only method of cuie was lepeated bleeding j even to five times a day, in finall quantities The idand of Bombay, lying in i q deg. north latitude, of itfelf is barren; and the Gentoos on the continent, believing in^ tranfmigration, from a principle of religion, allow none of their cattle to be flaughtered. The inhabitants, however, are abundantly flipplied with provifions from Surat. This fmall illand is very populous. The natives from the continent flock under the Englifh government, where their liberties are more fecure. The town and fort, which are fituated on the fouth-eaft of the ifland, Band dry and, from the improvements which have already been made, it may be efteemed amongfl the number of our healthieft fettlements. The * Balxus’s dcfcnption of the coaft of Malabar.