An essay addressed to captains of the Royal Navy, and those of the merchant service, on the means of preserving the health of their crews, with directions for the preservation of dry rot in ships / by Robert Finlayson.

  • Finlayson, Robert (Surgeon in the Royal Navy)
Date:
1824
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Credit: An essay addressed to captains of the Royal Navy, and those of the merchant service, on the means of preserving the health of their crews, with directions for the preservation of dry rot in ships / by Robert Finlayson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    To THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, K.T. F.R.S. First Lord Commissioner of the %/ldmiralty, 8)C. 8fc. 8fc. My Lord, The rapid progress which every branch of Nautical Science has made under your Lordship's Administration; a deep sense of veneration for the Memory of your noble and illustrious Father, to whom the Medical Department of the Royal Navy owe so much; and the fullest conviction of the salutary ten- dency of the means recommended; have in- duced me to address the following Essay to your Lordship ; being fully aware that, under your auspices, no measure has ever been omit- ted, by the present enlightened Board of Ad- miralty, which could clearly be shown would