Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries, particularly on those in the East Indies : and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain / by John Clark, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh; physician to the infirmary and dispensary, at Newcastle; &c. &c.

  • Clark, John, 1744-1805.
Date:
1793
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Credit: Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries, particularly on those in the East Indies : and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain / by John Clark, M.D. fellow of the Royal College of Physicians at Edinburgh; physician to the infirmary and dispensary, at Newcastle; &c. &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    means, as appears by the Journals, have been affiduoufly employed in feveral of the India fhips : but, however neceflary thefe precautions, when the bark was withheld ficknefs and mortality too fre- quently became general. CHAP, VI. OF THE EMBARKATION OF RECRUITS AND TROOPS, AND THE MEANS OF PRE- SERVING THEIR HEALTH IN THE 'VOYAGE, AND ON THEIR ARRIVAL IN INDIA, THE recruits fent annually out by the Eaft India Company are distributed in many {hips; and, therefore, are feldom crowded. From inattention, however, to feveral neceffary regulations, they often experience ficknefs during the voyage. But the difeafes, which have occurred amongft the company's recruits, are trivial when