Medicina nautica : an essay on the diseases of seamen : comprehending the history of health in His Majesty's fleet, under the Command of Richard Earl Howe, Admiral / by Thomas Trotter, M.D.

  • Trotter, Thomas, 1760-1832.
Date:
1797-1803
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Credit: Medicina nautica : an essay on the diseases of seamen : comprehending the history of health in His Majesty's fleet, under the Command of Richard Earl Howe, Admiral / by Thomas Trotter, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    IV. Patients with contagious fevers, fmall pox, and meafles, are to be ftri&ly feparated from others, and no vifitors are to be admitted into thefe wards. Thofe labouring under chronic com- plaints of the fame nature, are to be put to- gether, as nearly as circumftances will admit of. V. Cleanlinefs being one of the greateft requisites of an hofpital, in all their vifits this is to be particularly watched, and the nurfes are to be charged with it; viz. 1. The men are to be kept clean in their perfons, by frequent changes of body- linen, &c. 2. By wearing their hair fhort. 3. By warning themfelves every morning. 4. The nurfes are to warn thofe who arc unable to do it themfelves. 5. Their beards are to be regularly ftiaved. 6. The bed-linen is to be duly fhifted, and the beds as often as occafion may require. 7. All clofe-ftools and bed-pans, &c. to be emptied, and walhed immediately after ufe. 8. Ih