Medical history of the expedition to the Niger during the years 1841-2, comprising an account of the fever which led to its termination / by James Ormiston M'William.

Date:
1843
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Credit: Medical history of the expedition to the Niger during the years 1841-2, comprising an account of the fever which led to its termination / by James Ormiston M'William. 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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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE EXPEDITION. PAGE. Section I.—Preliminary History—Object of the Expedi- tion—Steam Vessels—Preparation of the Vessels— Ventilation — Victualling — Medicines—Selection of ^ Crews—Vital Statistics of the Crews on the departure of the Expedition . . . . .1 Section II.—Journal of the Voyage to the Nun branch of the Niger—General Orders—Selection of Blacks at Sierra Leone—Amelia brigantine added to the Expe- dition—State of Health on entering the River . 7 Section III.—Journal of Proceedings in the River until the arrival at Iddah, in the kingdom of Eggarra, that is, until the Invasion of the Fever . . .46 Section IV.—Journal of Proceedings to the Completion of the Expedition . . . . .70 Section V.—Vital Statistics of the Expedition at its close . . . . . .126