A maritime state considered, as to the health of seamen ... To which are annexed, some general observations on the diseases incident to seamen / [Charles Fletcher].

  • Fletcher, Charles H
Date:
1786
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Credit: A maritime state considered, as to the health of seamen ... To which are annexed, some general observations on the diseases incident to seamen / [Charles Fletcher]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fhips! what mettle! what immenfi- ty of treafure expended upon it! But how do thefe mighty arma- ments, thefe bulwarks of fafety, fink like bubbles in the fea, when un- actuated by that, which (under Pro- vidence) alone can give them ener- gy. When we behold thofe erces, embarking on board that navy, in defence of our religion, our liberty, fhips over-maned ; J] think both caufes con- curred in the deftruction of the French fleet.— Here I may likewife obferve, that had a junc- tion of the French and Spanifh fleets taken place as was intended, they would have been {fo vaftly fuperior, followed up in courfe, with their otherconfederates in the war, as in all pro- bability tohave overwhelmed us. This fignal victory therefore, moft critically prevented fuch dire effe¢t—and hence we infer, how precious the health of feamen to the fate. and