Synopsis morborum : A summary view of observations on the principal diseases incident to seamen or soldiers, whether engaged in actual service or retired from it, carefully abridged and digested, from the latest ed. of the author's works, in four volumes. Designed chiefly for the use of professional practitioners in the navy and army. In two volumes.

  • Robertson, Robert, 1742-1829.
Date:
1810-11
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Credit: Synopsis morborum : A summary view of observations on the principal diseases incident to seamen or soldiers, whether engaged in actual service or retired from it, carefully abridged and digested, from the latest ed. of the author's works, in four volumes. Designed chiefly for the use of professional practitioners in the navy and army. In two volumes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    fied in each form), according to the intention with which it is given, whether as a preventive of Fever, or as a cure thereof. It being ascertained that Peruvian bark ginger- bread will cure remittent fever, the inference that it will prevent it Jbllo7cs. I would however recommend the bread beinsr made under the eye of a professional person, and when baked, that it should be aired, especially in summer, for a day or two before it is put away, or packed up. When it is to be sent abroad, it should be put up into tin canisters, to preserve it from vermin. Immediately on its arrival any uliere, it is ready to be dispensed or disposed of, either as a preventive or cure of remittent fever, as medi- cal officers may see proper, when commanders in chief order and direct men to be sent on service. This form of the Peruvian bark being thought by Dr. Baillie, as well as myself, unexceptionable, as also by other medical professors, the benefit which the public will ultimately derive from it and the other means of prevention and cure of fever, must depend on various circumstances, but chiefly on the fidelity of their preparation and administration. One suggestion more I wish respectfully to offer, with the fullest confidence of its utility to those who may hereafter have the direction of medical affairs on expeditions—without their seeking