Observations on the Diseases of Seamen

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Blane Gilbert. Observations on the Diseases of Seamen

PREFACE

PART I

BOOK I

CHAP. I

CHAP. II

CHAP. III

PART I

BOOK II

CHAP. I

CHAP. II

CHAP. III

CHAP. IV

CHAP. V

CHAP. VI

PART I

BOOK III

CHAP. I

PART II. of the. CAUSES of SICKNESS in FLEETS, and the. MEANS of PREVENTION

CHAP. I. AIR

SECT. I. Of the noxious Effects of Land Air in particular Situations

SECT. II. Of Foul Air from the Neglect of Cleanliness in Men’s Persons – Infection

SECT. III. Of the Foul Air generated in a Ship

SECT. IV. Means of guarding against Infection and Bad Air

CHAP. II. Of Aliment

SECT. I. Of Solid Food

SECT. II. Of Drink

CHAP. III. Of Clothing

CHAP. IV. Of Exercise

APPENDIX TO PART II

PART III. DESCRIPTION AND TREATMENT. OF THE. DISEASES. MOST COMMONLY OCCURRING IN. FLEETS IN HOT CLIMATES

CHAP. I. Of Fevers

1. Of the infectious Ship Fever

2. Of the Bilious Remitting Fever

3. Of the Yellow Fever

4. Of the Effects of Flowers of Zinc and White Vitriol in the Cure of obstinate Intermittent Fevers

CHAP. II. Of Fluxes

CHAP. III. Of the Scurvy

CHAP. IV. Of the Wounds received in the Actions of April, 1782

APPENDIX. TO. PART III

ASSORTMENT OF MEDICINES. TO BE. CARRIED TO SEA, FOR. ONE HUNDRED MEN, FOR ONE YEAR

FORMULÆ QUÆDAM. MEDICAMENTORUM. IN MEDICINA FACIENDA APUD NAUTAS. ACCOMMODATIORES

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Having been appointed by Lord Rodney Physician to the Fleet under his command, in the beginning of the year 1780, I determined to avail myself, to the utmost of my abilities, of the advantages which this field of observation afforded. This I was led to do, in order to satisfy my own mind as a matter of duty, as well as to find out, if possible, the means of bettering the condition of a class of men, who are the bulwark of the state, but whose lot is hardship and disease, above that of all others.

A fleet, consisting seldom of less than twenty ships of the line of battle, and sometimes exceeding forty, which I attended in the different scenes of active service in that distant and unhealthy region, for more than three years, has afforded me opportunities of making observations upon a large scale.

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The superior degree of health in this month will appear in a still stronger light, if we cast our eye on the column expressing the number sent to the hospital, the proportion of which is, comparatively, very small.

The ships that had been the longest from England, were still among the most healthy. But of all the fleet, none was so free from sickness and mortality as the Formidable. No man belonging to this ship died of disease for the first four months after sailing from Plymouth, though there were at times 900 men on board, and never less than the established complement, which is 750; and so few were taken sick in that time, that only thirteen were sent to hospitals, and their complaints were small-pox and ulcers.

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