Volume 2

An account of the experiment made at the desire of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on board the Union hospital ship, to determine the effect of the nitrous acid in destroying contagion, and the safety with which it may be employed. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer / [James Carmichael Smyth].

  • Smyth, James Carmichael, 1741-1821.
Date:
1796
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the experiment made at the desire of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on board the Union hospital ship, to determine the effect of the nitrous acid in destroying contagion, and the safety with which it may be employed. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer / [James Carmichael Smyth]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    I t 64 1 • I I A Weekly Return of the Ruffians received On Board his Majefty’s Hofpital Ship Union, in the Malignant Fever from the 3d of September, 179S) £o the 28th of January, 1796, exclufive of thofe received in a ftate of debility after the faid Fever, and with other difeafes. By A. Bassan, Surgeon of his Majefty Ship Union, Sept. 1795. | Received. Sept. oa. Nov. Dec. 1796. Jan. 3 10 i7 24 1 8 15 22 2 9 5 12 *9 26 3 10 17 24 31 7 H 21 28 Totai 37 37 4 34 J7 29 20 *5 18 31 21 20 29 12 - 12 35 8 40 $2 13 20 - 22 4? 9 Dilcharged. 1 7 7 17 15 5 14 1 r 9 >3 44 39 5 16 48 25 1 25 7 24 23 356 Dead. r 5 z 1 r 1 S K I I 3 2 3 6 34 N. B. 1