A short account of the most common diseases incident to armies ... / Translated from the original.

  • Swieten, Gerard, Freiherr van, 1700-1772
Date:
1762
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Credit: A short account of the most common diseases incident to armies ... / Translated from the original. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    given to thofe medicines that are eafieft to be procured, and eafieft to be prepared. It may not be amifs to premife feme obfer- vations, by means of which, ficknefs may in fome degree be prevented, and the health of the foldier preferved. We are fenfible, that, in time of war, it is not always poffible to obferve exactly all what we are going to fay ; but it can¬ not but be of ufe to know what is moft advan¬ tageous, that it may be put in pra<ftice, at leaft when circumftances permit. I. The foldier frefh lifted, and torn at once from his family, no fooner lofes fight of his village, but he becomes melancholy; and tho’ a robuft hufbandman, finds himfelf fcarce able to bear the fatigues and inconveniences of a mi¬ litary life. It were to be wifhed, that he could be ufed, little by little, to this new kind of life; but in the mean time nothing is better, than to procure him all kinds of amufement and diver- fion. 2. Gardem ftufF and frefti greens are a wholefome nouriftiment for the foldier ; ripe fruit are equally good, and never hurt but by their abufe y but unripe and acrid fruits are very hurtfuk