A letter to the commissioners for transports, and sick and wounded seamen, on the non-contagious nature of the yellow fever : and containing hints to officers, for the prevention of this disease among seamen / by James Veitch.

  • Veitch, James, 1770?-1856.
Date:
1818
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Credit: A letter to the commissioners for transports, and sick and wounded seamen, on the non-contagious nature of the yellow fever : and containing hints to officers, for the prevention of this disease among seamen / by James Veitch. 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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    6, Hoxton Square, 6th March, 18)6. TO ALEX. M'LEAY, ESQ. Sir, I HAVE now the honor to sub- mit to the Board such observations as have arisen from their Letter of the 28th November, 1815, and, with a view to facilitate the examination of my opinions, which are founded on fact, experience and analogy, I here presume to recapitulate the conclusions I have formed. ]. That no such fever, as that de- scribed by Dr. Chisholm and Mr. Pym, was the cause of general fa- tality among the Colonists at Bulam. These oentlemen furnish us with no
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