On the sickness and mortality in the French Army, during the campaign in Turkey and the Crimea, in 1854-56 / by Gavin Milroy.

  • Milroy, Gavin, 1805-1886.
Date:
[1857]
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Credit: On the sickness and mortality in the French Army, during the campaign in Turkey and the Crimea, in 1854-56 / by Gavin Milroy. 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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    ON THE SICKNESS AND MORTALITY IN THE FRENCH ARMY, DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY AND THE CRIMEA, IN 1854-56. By GAVIN MILROY, M.D., FeUow of the Royal College of Physicians, and Member of the Sanitary Commission to the British Army in the East. Military medicine presents a singularly favourable field in phenomena which may precede or accompany it, their course and progress, and their decline and disappearance, can all be watched among a large body of men with the utmost exacti- tude. Then, the several conditions which favour their occur- rence, or which modify their type^ are under the immediate observation of the medical officer. He can trace and follow each case from its very commencement, and may thus more easily and accurately discover the cause or causes which appear to have produced it. The constitutions and former health of his patients are known to him. He can ascertain where they have been, how they have been occupied, whether they have been exposed to fatigue, or to peculiar atmospheric vicissitudes, and whether they have been in communication directly or indirectly with other persons affected with the disease. Their diet and clothing, the quality of their food d