Qualifications and examination of candidates for commissions in the Army Medical Servce ; Organization of the practical Army Medical School, including the subjects to be taught by the professors : and, Rules for the examination of assistant-surgeons previous to promotion.

  • Great Britain. War Office
Date:
1859
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Credit: Qualifications and examination of candidates for commissions in the Army Medical Servce ; Organization of the practical Army Medical School, including the subjects to be taught by the professors : and, Rules for the examination of assistant-surgeons previous to promotion. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Meteorology. Physical Geo graphy. MedicalTopo- GRAPIIY. day, night, light, darkness, electricity, apparent lunar in¬ fluence in tropical climates. Sun-stroke, snow blindness, day and night blindness. Meteorology: its importance in the science of hygiene. Manner of making and keeping meteorological obser¬ vations. Barometer. Sun thermometer. Maximum and minimum thermometer. Wet and dry bulb. Rain gauge. Electrometer. Anemometer. Clouds. Snow. Hail. Ozone papers. Reduction of observations. Description of climates. Effect of different climates on health. Influence of light and of sun radiation on health. Beneficial effect, or the reverse, of change of climate, and precautions required. Acclimatization. Positions occupied by the human race on the Earth’s surface. - Physical Geography. General sketch of the Earth’s sur¬ face. Land. Water. Mountains. Hills. Plains. Plateaux. Deserts. Valleys. The sea. Rivers. Lakes. Proportions of land and water. Natural drainage. Marshes and marshy ground. Vegetation. Forests. Jungles. Brushwood. General geological sketches of the Earth’s surface. Stra¬ tification. Formations. Surface soils. Subsoils. Physical geography and medical topography of the British islands, colonies, and possessions. Medical topography of countries where great military operations have been carried on. Geographical distribution of disease and mortality over the surface of the Earth in relation to the physical geography of different countries. Sketch of external conditions influencing the geographical distribution of disease, such as climate, elevation, marsh and subsoil miasm; miasm from river and lake banks, and stagnant waters. Salt marshes. Salt and fresh water, marshes. Sea coasts. Defective natural drainage, irrigation, heavy rains, damp and stagnant air, and mists in plains, valleys, hollows, forests, jungles, rapid changes of tempera¬ ture, decomposing organic matter, &c. Effect on health of the use of marsh water, river water.' stagnant waters, shallow and deep well waters, brackish] waters, mineral waters.