Letters, etc., on the subject of quarantine.

  • Blane, Gilbert, Sir, 1749-1834.
Date:
1799
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Credit: Letters, etc., on the subject of quarantine. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    To RUFUS KING, Esq. Londotiy 26th November, 1798. SIR, X SIT down to perform the promise I made you this morning, of putting on paper some remarks on the Nature of the Yellow Fever, and the Means of preventing it. In doing this I shall chiefly confine myself to those views of it in which the Magistrate is concerned. The adopting of measures for the prevention of disease is one of the most im- portant duties of a wise and patriotic government; and the discovery of these means, as well as the efficiency of the steps to be taken, must depend on a thorough knowledge of the causes by which it is excited and influenced. My opportunities upon actual service in the West Indies, in the late war, when Physician to the fleet under the command of Lord Rodney, and Admiral Pigot, and my present official duty as a member of the medical- board of the navy, have necessarily brought to my knowledge a number of facts relating to this subject; and I shall be extremely happy if the communication of some of the most important of C