A system of arrangement and discipline, for the medical department of armies / by Robert Jackson, M.D.

  • Jackson, Robert, 1750-1827.
Date:
1805
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Credit: A system of arrangement and discipline, for the medical department of armies / by Robert Jackson, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It is believed tliat the detail, given in the body of this work respecting the medical manage- ment of hospitals, leaves no doubt in the mind of any one who considers the subject with atten- tion, that the part of the business which relates to the management of the sick is capable of much improvement. The classing of sick according to diseases and circumstances of disease does not appear to be acted upon systematically any where in Europe; at least the process does not appear to be arranged by a simple and enlightened prin- ciple in the military hospitals of the British nation. It is evident to every one that the plan now re- commended to the notice of the public, executed and proved by the author in various situations and countries, is calculated to produce a correc* effect with a comparatively small proportion of means. The reasons are obvious, and the practical proofs are decisive. Besides classification of sick, the proper arrangement of surgical aid in the field, in the time of action, is also an important concern under the head of medical management which does not as yet appear to have obtained sufficient atten- tion : the plan proposed will, it is presumed, an- swer the purpose so as to secure the assistance of the surgeon to the wounded soldier in the just time of need. The exhibition of returns of sick or non- effective ip a given body of men, which is to be considered as the condensed history of cause and * * effect manifested upon animal structure, must