Medical notes on China / by John Wilson.
- Wilson, John, 1788-1870
- Date:
- MDCCCXLVI [1846]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Medical notes on China / by John Wilson. 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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![to be used according to the state of the weather; the wards were admirably lighted by lamps made on purpose. In a word, nothing was omitted which, in the opinion of the authorities Avho ordered and designed the hospital establishment of the Minden, could conduce to the com- fort, convenience, and well-being of the sick and wounded who might be received into it; and it may be unhesitatingly asserted, that no such moveable hospital, in respect of magnitude, means of efficiency, and completeness, ever left an English port. To that end, the Medical Director General, Sir William Burnett, contributed largely. From him the plan, and general arrangement of the hospital fitting, emanated. With him the writer communicated on all points touch- ing their details and completion, for sanction and being carried into effect; and through him, such suggestions and opinions as aj)peared deserving, received weight and efficiency with the I^ords Commissioners. And his in- terest in the Minden did not diminish with her departure from England. During the writer's service in China, the Director-General continued to give anxious attention to all that concerned her efficiency—to i-equisite supplies, and to professional arrangements and results. On this subject, it is not necessary to say more; it would be uncandid to say less. As the importance of cleanliness, bodily and domestic, increases with the necessity of accumulating persons, es- pecially the sick, in given spaces, so does that of ventila- tion. That nothing might be omitted which the best sources of information on the latter subject could su]iply,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21298051_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
