An enquiry into the nature, and causes of the great mortality among the troops at St. Domingo : with practical remarks on the fever of that island, and directions, for the conduct of Europeans on their first arrival in warm climates / by Hector M'Lean.

  • McLean, Hector, -1810
Date:
1797
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Credit: An enquiry into the nature, and causes of the great mortality among the troops at St. Domingo : with practical remarks on the fever of that island, and directions, for the conduct of Europeans on their first arrival in warm climates / by Hector M'Lean. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    t [ I ] INTRODUCTION. H E ' prefent Enquiry propofes to in- . veftigate the nature and caufes of the aftonifhing mortality among the troops in St. Domingo j a 'mortality almoft unequalled in the annals of war, and which has nearly annihilated our army in that quarter, or ren- dered them incapable of energy a,nd exer- tion. In this view, it is an enquiry of the utmoft importance, as the prefervation of fo many valuable fubjedls is involved in it. The opportunities I have had of obfervation have been numerous and extenfive: a refidence of nearly three years at Port-au-Prince, which. might be confidered rather as a general hof- pital than a garrifon, enabled me to mark the progrefs of that formidable difeafe, which in this country has obtained, without dif- tindlion, the name of Yellow Fever. At a very early period, I could not help remark- ing the unequal warfare carried on, in that quarter, between an European army and a people inured to the climate. The Euro- pean foldier, languid and relaxed, from the B exceffive
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