A practical account of the fever commonly called the bilious remittent, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of the Mediterranean fleet : with cases and dissections : to which are added, facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of fever, in the Mediterranean, comprehending the history of fever in the fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and of the Gibraltar & Carthagena fevers / by William Burnett, M.D., physician of the fleet, late physician and inspector of hospitals to His Majesty's fleet in that sea.

  • Burnett, William, Sir, 1779-1861.
Date:
1814
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Credit: A practical account of the fever commonly called the bilious remittent, as it appeared in the ships and hospitals of the Mediterranean fleet : with cases and dissections : to which are added, facts and observations, illustrative of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of fever, in the Mediterranean, comprehending the history of fever in the fleet, during the years 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813, and of the Gibraltar & Carthagena fevers / by William Burnett, M.D., physician of the fleet, late physician and inspector of hospitals to His Majesty's fleet in that sea. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to reply, that a success, which has never been exceeded in the treatment of any epidemic, (not only in his own practice, but in that of every surgeon in the fleet who has given them a fair and unbiassed trial,) fully warrants him in so doing. So far \ms earh/ and liberal blood-let- ting been from inducing extraordinary debility, or a protracted convalescence, that the speedy restoration to perfect healthy has surprised not only the patient, but his medical attendant. If the testimony of the respectable gentlemen whose names appear in this volume, be not sufficient^ he can appeal to the Admirals of the fleet under whom he has had the honor of serving, and to the Captains of the ships in which this fever has appeared, for the truth of his assertions. From the beginning of the year 1810, till October 1813, during which time the author was at the head of the Medical department of the Navy in the Mediterranean, (which he was obliged to relinquish on account of ill health) no disease, excepting fever, has been epidemic in the fleet. Pneumonic attacks, from