An epitome of the reports of the medical officers to the Chinese imperial maritime customs service, from 1871 to 1882 : with chapters on the history of medicine in China; materia medica; epidemics; famine; ethnology; and chronology in relation to medicine and public health / compiled and arranged by C.A. Gordon.

Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An epitome of the reports of the medical officers to the Chinese imperial maritime customs service, from 1871 to 1882 : with chapters on the history of medicine in China; materia medica; epidemics; famine; ethnology; and chronology in relation to medicine and public health / compiled and arranged by C.A. Gordon. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ' a.—The general health of during the period reported on ; the death-rate amongst foreigners; and, as far as possible, a classification of the causes of death. 1 b.—Diseases prevalent at ' c.—General type of disease; peculiarities and complications encountered; special treat- ment demanded. I Season. 'd.—Relation of disease to] Alteration in local condition—such as drainage, etc. (Alteration in climatic conditions. ' e.—Peculiar diseases; especially leprosy. Absence or presence. Causes. Course and treatment. Fatality. Other points, of a general or special kind, will naturally suggest themselves to medical men; what I have above called attention to, will serve to fix the general scope of the undertaking. I have committed to Dr. Alex. Jamieson, of Shanghai, the charge of arranging the reports for publication, so that they may be made available in a convenient form. ' 3.—Considering the number of places at which the Customs Inspectorate has established offices, the thousands of miles north and south and east and west over which these offices are scattered, the varieties of climate, and the peculiar conditions to which, under such different circumstances, life and health are subjected, I believe the Inspectorate, aided ^by its Medical Officers, can do good service in the general interest in the direction indi- cated ; and, as already stated, I rely with confidence on the support and assistance of the Medical Officer at each port in the furtherance and perfecting of this scheme. You will hand a cop> of this Circular to Dr , and request him, in my name, to hand to you in future, for transmission to myself, half yearly reports of the kind required, for the half-years ending 31st March and 30th September—that is, for the Winter and Summer seasons.' The enumeration of the subjects to be noticed is sufficient to indicate the extent of ground to be thus included, and also the importance attached to the several points by the Inspector-General. The manner in which the instructions have been carried out reflects the highest credit on the Medical Officers and on the Service to which they are attached, whilst to themselves as members of the Medical Profession, the Profession must remain indebted for much, not only of interest, but of real importance, in relation to many scientific questions yet unsettled. To Dr. Jamieson, the able '/.—Epidemics