An inquiry into the causes which produce, and the means of preventing diseases among British officers, soldiers, and others in the West Indies. Containing observations on the Mode Of action of spirituous liquors on the human body; on the use of malt liquor, and on salted provisions; With Remarks on the most proper Means of preserving them. Also Notes, relating to some particulars in the British army in ireland, and the west indies. By John Bell, M. D. member of the royal medical society of edinburgh, physician in london, and formerly surgeon to the late ninety-fourth, and to the fifth (or northumberland) regiment of foot.
- ell, John, -1828?
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- M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
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London : printed for J. Murray, No 32, Fleet-Street, M.DCC.XCI. [1791]
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xv, 1 unnumbered page, 180 pages ; 80.
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Biographical note
John Bell MD, formerly surgeon of the 94th and 5th regiment of foot (promoted in 1784 according to London Medical Journal, 1784, Volume 5). Possible date of death taken from Deaths in the West Indies, noted on stones in Kirkcudbrightshire http://www.jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Members/Miscot3.htm
References note
ESTC N2391
Cited in Schwamenfeld, 2007, PhD thesis, Florida State: The Foundation of British Strength: National Identity and the British Common Solider http://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:176453/datastream/PDF/view
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