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Practical observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797 : on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island : and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates / by William Lempriere.

  • Lempriere, William, -1834.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Practical observations on the diseases of the army in Jamaica, as they occurred between the years 1792 and 1797 : on the situation, climate, and diseases of that island : and on the most probable means of lessening mortality among the troops, and among Europeans in tropical climates / by William Lempriere. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    The whole, it has already been noticed, has been brought forward for the particular purpofe of conveying information to the military practitioner, upon his Arft arrival in a tropical climate; it is therefore di- verted of all abftraCted ideas, wrhich too often rather tend to confufe or flatter the imagination, than to convince the mind, or compliment the underftanding. A Ample ftatement of facts, embellifhed with no other ornament but truth, the Author hopes, will carry home fufficient conviction to the Reader, to compenfate for the omif- fion of Agurative language, the brilliancy of ingenious theory, or the more fplendid difplay of medical learning. Though the great objeCt of the work has been explained, yet the Author flatters himfelf, that it affords fome paffages, which may not be deemed unworthy the perufal and confideration of the COMMANDER IN