Medical, geographical, and agricultural report of a committee appointed by the Madras Government to inquire into the causes of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the provinces of Coimbatore, Madura, Dindigul, & Tinnivelly, during the years 1809, 1810, and 1811, of which W. Ainslie was president.

  • Madras (Presidency) Medical Committee to Inquire into the Causes of the Epidemic Fever.
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1816
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Credit: Medical, geographical, and agricultural report of a committee appointed by the Madras Government to inquire into the causes of the epidemic fever which prevailed in the provinces of Coimbatore, Madura, Dindigul, & Tinnivelly, during the years 1809, 1810, and 1811, of which W. Ainslie was president. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    occupation of Wallachia, actually transmitted, every year, millions of roubles for the pay and comfort of his armies; of which he lost, upon a moderate calculation, at least 150,000 soldiers through endemical disorders. Russia must there- fore either calmly contemplate this long con- tinued, if not perpetual annual waste of blood and treasure, or advance boldly, according to the laws of war and sound policy, and endeavour to destroy, if possible, her Mussulman foe in his strong hold, and strain every nerve to drive (at any rate) the Sultan personally from his European metropolis; an effort which will doubtless cost immense sacrifices of valuable lives, more perhaps than any intrinsic advantage Russia (or perhaps the Rayahs) may hope to derive (certainly for a generation, at least,) from his expulsion. And here it is but just and reason- able for all Europe to examine and judge candidly the solemn and imperious duties, the clearly esta- blished rights of the Emperor Alexander, con- firmed to himself and his ancestors by formal trea- ties (fruits of the most brilliant victories, illustrat- ing the Russian annals with the glorious names of an Orloff, a Romanzoff, and a Suwaroff.) We must consider these proud recollections, compare them with the murders of the Russian subjects, and
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