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Credit: On sea sickness / by J.R. Stocker. 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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![SEA SICKNESS. Ill drawing the attention of the ])rofession, and it mav be of the public, to this subject, I may state- that I have been somewhat perplexed as to the most suitable and convenient means of doing so. The- matter, in whatever way it may be treated, whether in a professional, a scientific, or even a popular way, is one of such cjmmon interest, people are so bewildered and dis- tracted by the variety of remedies offered to their notice, and so much has been written about it in the daily and weekly journals on both sides of the A.tlantic, I might have been excused had I sought for the publication of my views in some popular journal or magazine. It is, at the same- time, of whatever general interest and importance it may be to the public, one the nature of which must eventually b& submitted to and determined by a scientific tribunal, and it is thi.s that induces me to bring my own particular view* forward for consideration in the pages of the Lancet. Som& question also has arisen in my own mind as to whether the quotations I have made were quite as appropriate in a professional as in a popular publication. I trust, however, in whatever sense they may be read, they may prove in- structive. But before proceeding to make any remarks upon the subject myself, I propose briefly to refer to certain state- ments that have been made by others. Some ten years ago^ Professor Barker, of New ork, wrote an able pamphlet on sea sickness, which is practically an enlargement of a paper published by him in the New York Medical Journal, November, 1868. In this pamphlet he says :—The belief is very general, both in and out of tbe profession, that the medical art is powerless for the mitigation, relief or cure of this malady. It is true that there are no specific drugs](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22292573_0005.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
