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OBSERVATIONS
ON THE
DISEASES
OF
SEAMEN.
BY
GILBERT BLANE, M. D.
F. R. S. S. LOND. AND EDIN.
PHYSICIAN EXTRAORDINARY TO THE PRINCE OF WALES,
PHYSICIAN TO THE DUKE OF CLARENCE,
AND TO ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL.
THE SECOND EDITION,
WITH CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS.
LONDON:
Printed by JOSEPH COOPER;
And sold by JOHN MURRAY, No. 32 Fleet Street;
J. JOHNSON, St. Paul’s Church Yard;
And by WILLIAM CREECH, in Edinburgh.
M.DCC.LXXXIX.
Nec Medici, nec Imperatores, nec Oratores, quamvis artis præcepta
perceperint, quidquam magna laude dignum sine usu et excercitatione
consequi possunt.
CICERO.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
BOOK I.
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