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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    the purposes of private professional gains. In such case, the public duty will be discharged with a secondary zeal, if it be not altogether neglected.— To prevent the occurrence of such abuse is im- portant; where it exists, the public is deceived and the service suffers injury *. The importance of preserving the health of the multitude by means of discipline, and the value of arranging the concerns which are necessary for the speedy and effectual cure of their diseases by the aids of medicine, being great in itself and essential to the interests of a military people, it is reasonable to suppose, that those statesmen, who rightly understand the national good, will not hesitate to admit the person appointed to preside over the medical department of the military force to participate in the councils of the executive. If the person occupying this station possess the re- quisites, which are necessary for the proper execu- tion of his office, his voice will often be of conse- quence in directing opinions, at least in correcting the erroneous opinions and faulty decisions of the higher powers, as they, attempt to arrange the matters which relate to the health of the military. It is admitted that success in war depends much upon the integrity of the physical power, that is, upon the health of the military force. Those who plan in the cabinet, even those, who are ordered * See Note B.