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The Walcheren inquiry into the misconduct of the Army Medical Board of three, resulting in its abolition. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson. 1810.

Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.

History of the Walcheren remittent, commencing with its advanced state, when most dangerous & destructive to the soldiery : and concluding with its very favourable termination ... Also the sequels, anaemia, acholia, Aegytian opthalmia &c. &c. elucidated by dissections / by Thomas Wright.

The 1809 Walcheren expedition and the limitations of contemporary medicine / Jacob Mackenzie.

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The Walcheren inquiry into the misconduct of the Army Medical Board of three, resulting in its abolition. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson. 1810.

History of the Walcheren remittent, commencing with its advanced state, when most dangerous & destructive to the soldiery : and concluding with its very favourable termination ... Also the sequels, anaemia, acholia, Aegytian opthalmia &c. &c. elucidated by dissections / by Thomas Wright.

Three doctors converge around John Pitt, 2nd earl of Chatham, as their patient; representing the embarrassment of the failed Walcheren Expedition in Flanders. Coloured etching by C. Williams, 1809.

The 1809 Walcheren expedition and the limitations of contemporary medicine / Jacob Mackenzie.