Volume 2

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.

Date:
1797-1803
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    foling then muft it be to thofe dignified Commanders who have patronized fo many improvements, whofe countenance has cheer- ed our labours, and whofe good wilhes ftill keep pace with thefe exertions ! In the high office which Your Lordfliip has filled with diftinguilhed ability, to the advantage of this Country and the interefts of Europe, the fplcndor of ftation, and the power of patronage, may have their due value. But to a Chriftian Statefman, and an enlightened mind, it affords richer gratifications. Your naval adminiflration has been renowned by a feries of vidfories; and the fatisfadfion which you have felt, in announcing them to the Nation, could only be equalled by condefeending, with a Board of Admiralty, to vhit the Hofpital- Ship o'f the Fleet, and every Ward in liallar Flofpital, for the purpofe of extend- ing the comforts of the Sick. In the one cafe