Volume 2

An account of the experiment made at the desire of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on board the Union hospital ship, to determine the effect of the nitrous acid in destroying contagion, and the safety with which it may be employed. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer / [James Carmichael Smyth].

  • James Carmichael Smyth
Date:
1796
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Credit: An account of the experiment made at the desire of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty on board the Union hospital ship, to determine the effect of the nitrous acid in destroying contagion, and the safety with which it may be employed. In a letter addressed to the Right Hon. Earl Spencer / [James Carmichael Smyth]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    f ** ] , . • , My propofal was to remove all the necejfa- ries from the infide, and have them rebuilt on the outfide of the fhip, and by cutting down the lower edge of the fame number of port-holes, to form entrances into them from the hofpital, by which they would be equally eafy of accefs to the lick, and the nuifance would be totally removed. This I was happy to find the carpenters were now executing, and I am confident it will be attended with beneficial effedis, by ren¬ dering the hofpital much fweeter, and con- fequently more agreeable and healthy, both to the lick and attendants. Archibald Menzies. - - '-j A #» \ i \ . ' i . Mr. Menzies, as is already mentioned in his Journal, having, on the 7th of Decem¬ ber, refigned to Mr. Baflan, furgeon of the Union, the management of the experiment, I muft refer your Lordfhip, for the further detail of this bufinefs, to extracts taken B 3 front