Copy of a letter from Mr. David Paterson, (1st), a surgeon in His Majesty's Navy, and late Surgeon to Prisoners of War at Forton, to the Commissioners for taking care of sick and wounded seamen, &c.

  • Paterson, David.
Date:
[1797?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Copy of a letter from Mr. David Paterson, (1st), a surgeon in His Majesty's Navy, and late Surgeon to Prisoners of War at Forton, to the Commissioners for taking care of sick and wounded seamen, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    effcas of the vapor rcfultiag from that highly inge- nious, and very falutary procefs; and, alfo, with the view no lefs of doing, juftice to Doftor J. C. Smyth„ than of rendering his Nitrous Vapor more extenfively ufeful, in the Navy, Army, &c. I beg leave to communicate to you the contents of the following, pages i which, Ihould- they appear to you in any degree calculated -to be ferviceable. In promoting the welfare of thefe realms, I humbly requeft you will be plealed to lay them before the Right Honorable the Lords GommifTioners of Admiralty. In purfuing-tny F^ent plan, I fhali, after givii^ you a fhoKt, but not imperfea account of the medwd- I followed iti fumigating the wards of the hofpital,. ftate, in ^ faithfulr manner, ftich fa6fcs, whether of a «eneral, or of a partiodlar nature, as arofe from the trials that were made j after which, bymoft humbly offering a few obfervations connected with the fubyea, -MhaU .conclude rti-y letter.. Every evening a certain number of wards were fumigated, each by means of three pipkins, for an^ hour, the gally-pot in each pipkin containing the quantities of pure Nitre in powder, and concentrated- ^ V itriolic