A letter to the officers of the Army under orders for, or that may hereafter be sent, to the West Indies, on the means of preserving health, and preventing that fatal disease the Yellow Fever / by Stewart Henderson.

  • Henderson, Stewart, active 1799.
Date:
1795
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Credit: A letter to the officers of the Army under orders for, or that may hereafter be sent, to the West Indies, on the means of preserving health, and preventing that fatal disease the Yellow Fever / by Stewart Henderson. 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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    , j Wafhins the births liow fcade in kettles to dry .t. men and then with hot Vinegar , _ . to be kept as niuch as ppih-ble upon ^ , confinement is unnatural to a foldier, defpondency and to them often at their arms ,^hen ‘'-_7 Amufements and innocent ° When ar- mould be encourage by the offi(^^ rived in the w.arni .latitudes, -the .00. be ufed, by “aking thenj kvery roornin^^^^^^ buckets of water over each othe.t.^w, tc ufeful in not only keeping their bod.es clean, but prevent too great relaxauon .^^ Soldiers on board of tranfports have but two thrrds allowance i perhaps ofXalted meatth.s may be f - ficient: but I think it would be ufeful if the oth part was made up of flour, or , any other vegetable aliment. And if I am well informed, and recoi- led right, there is one thing which in my opmm would tend to the good of the fold.er and the fc - Vice if done away , that is, putting .them under ftopaves while they remain on board: it is true, they have no ufe for money while at fea, but that money if properly laid out for them before failed, in putchafing a few neceflanes, “i “ te , fovar, onfons, muftard, potatoes, and peppei. would aflifl greatly in preventmg a fcotbritic ten - dency in their habits, which living on a failed diet for feverabmonths never fails to produce,, and ren- ders
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