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JACKSON, Robert |
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AN OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY AND CURE OF FEVER, ENDEMIC AND CONTAGIOUS; MORE EXPRESSLY THE CONTAGIOUS FEVER OF JAILS, SHIPS AND HOSPITALS; THE CONCENTRATED EPIDEMIC, VULGARLY THE YELLOW FEVER OF THE WEST INDIES. |
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To which is added, An Explanation of the Principles of Military Discipline and Economy; with a Scheme of Medical Arrangement for Armies. FIRST EDITION. Edinburgh, Mundell & Son; and London for T.N.Longman, and Murray Highley, 1798. pp. xi, 396, (xvi Ð Pubs. ads.), running title shaved, sometimes with loss. Contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked. Top third of f.e.p. replaced. Ex Lib. Karolinska Institute with neat signature stamp at inner edge of title page. Very occasional light browning/spotting in text. |
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* Blake p, 232, Wellcome III, p. 337. Not in Waller.
Robert Jackson (1750-1827) obtained his M.D. in Leiden. He was a notable reformer of the Army Medical service. He spent six years in the West Indies, practising surgery in Jamaica, and went through the American War of Independence. Later in his career he was appointed inspector of hospitals and went to Spain and the Levant to study yellow fever and plague.
£395 |
| Author: |
PRINGLE, Sir John. |
| Title: |
OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES OF THE ARMY |
| Description: |
Seventh edition, revised and corrected. London, Printed for W. Strahan etc., 1774. pp. xxiv, 345, cxx, (xxviii - Index and errata). Contemporary calf, covers a little scuffed, rebacked and recornered. Bookplate of Ralph Major; old stamp of North Staffordshire Infirmary at foot of title page. Light, mainly marginal, browning/spotting. |
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* Blake p. 364. G&M 2150 for the first edition of 1752. Pringle (1707-1782), the founder of modern military medicine, was Physician-General of the British Army from 1744 to 1752. His books lay down the principles of military sanitation and the ventilation of barracks, gaols, hospital ships etc. He did much to improve the lot of soldiers, and it was due to his remarks that foot-soldiers were given blankets when on service. £225 |
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