The naval surgeon; comprising the entire duties of professional men at sea. To which are subjoined, a system of naval surgery, and a compendious pharmacopoeia / [William Turnbull].

  • Turnbull, William, active 1779-1806
Date:
1806
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Credit: The naval surgeon; comprising the entire duties of professional men at sea. To which are subjoined, a system of naval surgery, and a compendious pharmacopoeia / [William Turnbull]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NEir LIST OF MEDICINES. In the Introduction to the Pharmacopoeia, we intro- duced the approved list of medicines as recommended by Dr. Plane. This was a correction of the original supplies which were laid in from Apothecaries’ Hall, under the direction of the Physician of Greenwich Hospital. Phis plan was certainly not in favour of the service, though the suggestions of the Surgeon, in making up the supplies, were generally attended to by the Greenwich Superintendant. Dr. Blane, with much modesty and good sense, in his publication pointed out the defeCts of this plan of proceeding ; and by giving in his work, which we have so often noticed, a list of what his own expe- rience and observation taught him to be necessary in the worst of climates, shewed the propriety of the alteration now made. Government therefore ordered the supplies themselves from Apothecaries’ Hail, and they are as fol- lows the list of which may be compared with the former one of Dr. Blane, and by the comparison, it will be seen what is due to Dr. Blane for his attention to this part of ✓ the business. The merit of Dr. Trotter, to whom the Navy also owes so much, has been confined more to dircCling the dietetic than the pharmaceutical lists. The following is the copy of an invoice of medicines sent from Apothecaries’ Hall, London, necessary for the service of His Majesty’s ships, and the quantity is regulated in pro- portion to the size of the vessel and the number of the men, at the discretion of the Surgeon ; but as a useful regulation for him, he has only to consult the previous table of Dr. Blane, where the quantity of each article for pne hundred men is exaCtly ascertained. Acid,