An essay on the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, in the Royal Navy. Containing directions proper for all those who undertake long voyages at sea ... or reside in unhealthy situations. With cautions necessary for the preservation of such persons as attend the sick in fevers / [James Lind].

James Lind

Date:: 1762

Credit: An essay on the most effectual means of preserving the health of seamen, in the Royal Navy. Containing directions proper for all those who undertake long voyages at sea ... or reside in unhealthy situations. With cautions necessary for the preservation of such persons as attend the sick in fevers / [James Lind]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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the Place of their late Refidence, their pre¬ sent State of Health ; and, with regard t® Sailors, the Length and Healthfuinefs of their laft Voyage. If, in Confequence of this Report, thofe who are juft arrived from a long and fickly Voyage, were diredtly allowed frefh Provifions, and efpecially a fufficient Quantity of Greens, in lieu of faked and other Meats, a Diet of this Sort continued for at leaft three Weeks, would, in all Probability* fuftlciently cleanfe and reftore their Conftitu- ,tion, and fit them for immediate Service. A different Method may be neceffary to be taken with impreft Landmen. A Guard- fhip is ufually ftationed at the Nore, to re¬ ceive thofe who are taken up in London. But Experience has fhewn how fatal fhe has often proved to the Health and Lives of many Seamen ; and that this Ship has become a Seminary of Contagion to the whole Fleet. One difeafed Perfon from the Street, or CJoaths from a Prifon, have often conveyed Infection on board, which it has been ex¬ tremely difficult afterwards to get quit of. For the confined and corrupted Air in a large crowded Ship, greatly favours the fpreading of this Contagion, and the Exertion of its utmoft Malignity. From this Source, the fitly irons of Pcrtfmouth and Plymouth have B 2 more

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