Medical topography of upper Canada.

  • Douglas, John, 1788-1861.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Medical topography of upper Canada. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    regiments that composed the British army, were widely distributed. The troops when ordered to advance on any particular position, or again to retire to their several places of occupation, were harassed by long and fa- tiguing marches. Under the circumstances of such a service, it was my lot, at one time, to be present with my regiment, and, at ano- ther period, to be detached from it, lending my assistance in one place, or having charge of an hospital in another, as the nature or urgency of the duty demanded. On this ac- count, it is not to be expected that I am to produce a tabular report of the number of sick and wounded that occurred after the se- veral actions which were fought in the coun- try, either relating to the various diseases un- der which they laboured, or to the individual peculiarity of their -wounds. Neither can I enumerate their admissions either into the general or temporary hospitals, nor their sub- sequent discharges from them to the effective force in the field. These statements, so desir- able to be known, can be supplied only by