Observations on the Diseases of Seamen

CONTENTS.

PART I.
BOOK I.
Page
Comprehending the Medical History of the Fleet, from March 1780, till August 1781	17
CHAP. I.
Account of the Health of the Fleet from March 1780, till July following	ib.
CHAP. II.
Account of the Health of the Fleet from August 1780, till December following	35
CHAP. III.
Account of the Health of the Fleet from January 1781, till July 1781, both Months included	46
BOOK II.
Continuation of the Medical History of the Fleet, from August 1781, till the Conclusion of the War in April 1783	63
CHAP. I.
Some Account of the Interval between the Campaigns of 1781, and the Junction of the Reinforcement from England in April 1782	ib.
CHAP. II.
Account of the Health of the Fleet from the Junction of the Squadron from England, till the general Rendezvous at St. Lucia, in the beginning of April	75
CHAP. III.
State of Health of the Fleet in April 1782	98
CHAP. IV.
Account of the Health of the Fleet while it lay at Jamaica, during May, June, and part of July, 1782	109
CHAP. V.
Account of the Health of the Fleet from its leaving Jamaica on the 17th of July 1782, till its Departure from New York on the 25th of October following	139
CHAP. VI.
Account of the Health of the Fleet from its Departure from New York till the Conclusion of the War	158
BOOK III.
Of the Numbers and Mortality of different Diseases sent to Hospitals, with a general View of the whole Mortality during the War	185
PART II.
Of the Causes of Sickness in Fleets, and the Means of Prevention	211
Introduction	ib.
CHAP. I.
Of Air	225
Sect. I. Of the noxious Effects of Land Air in particular Situations	227
Sect. II. Of the Effects of foul Air from the Neglect of Cleanliness in Men’s Persons—Infection	237
1. Means of preventing the Introduction of Infection	240
2. Means of preventing the Production of Infection	254
3. Means of eradicating Infection	264
Sect. III. Of the foul Air generated in a Ship	281
---- IV. Means of guarding against Infection and bad Air	293
CHAP. II.
Of Aliment	300
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