An essay on the more common West-India diseases; and the remedies which that country itself produces : To which are added, some hints on the management, &c. of negroes / By a physician in the West-Indies.

  • Grainger, James, 1721?-1766.
Date:
1764
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Credit: An essay on the more common West-India diseases; and the remedies which that country itself produces : To which are added, some hints on the management, &c. of negroes / By a physician in the West-Indies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    That to windward fhould be for chirur- gical and common medical cafes. That on the right fhould be appropriated for boiling drinks, viduals, &c. of the fick, and for lodging the nurfe: with a little iur- gery. That on the left (hould be appointed for the reception of venereal patients. The windward ward fhould have a piazza; and each of them a neceffary, and ventila¬ tor, except the kitchen, which fho|ild be cooled by a window. Th is plan would doubtlefs cofi: money; but if we rauft have flaves, our own intereft would, methinks, teach us to take all im¬ aginable care of them when they become fickly. Every eftate ought to be vifited once a week by fome phyfical perfon; and oftner, if occafion require. Planters fhould remember the fixth com¬ mandment. Thofe who prefume to pre- fcribe to the fick, and are not qualified by ftudy and experience, mud be murderers. C O N-