Medical notes on China / by John Wilson.

  • Wilson, John, 1788-1870
Date:
MDCCCXLVI [1846]
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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 the successive Commanders-in-Chief, Sir William Parker, and Sir Thomas Cochrane, under whom the writer was employed in China, he begs to offer most respectful thanks, under a sense of obligation for the many acts of personal kindness which he received at their hands, and on public grounds also. They gave ready ear to his representations and professional suggestions. Fre- quently visiting the hospital, they assured and cheered the patients by their presence and observations; in short, they did everything which the influence of their name and authority enabled them to do, for the comfort, con- venience, and cure of the sick. All this might be in- ferred from the office and character of the men; but it affords pleasure to the writer, and he avails himself of this public opportunity to express it. To the other officers also of the squadron, military and medical, with whom duty or accident brought him into contact and correspondence, he would offer his sincere acknowledgments, especially to those with whom he was directly associated in the Minden, of whom he may be permitted to name Captain Quin, and Mr. Alfred Tucker, the surgeon. It is at once pleasing and melancholy to advert to the merits of the last-mentioned officer, whose valuable services were terminated, last September, at Hong-Kong. He fell a victim to the combined influence of endemic disease, and the laborious, prolonged duties of his office, which no persuasion could induce him to abandon. In him, the medical department of the navy has lost prematurely an excellent member, who, if life had been s])ared, would have earned fame in