The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach.

  • Leach, Harry.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    cleaned in the same way as often as is possible, and carbolic acid (see page 78) should be used in the process. A quart of this acid given to the boatswain will last, for this purpose, two or three months, and will sweeten the men's quarters in a very great degree. Do not use more acid in the water than is directed (on page 78), or you will injure the-wood, iron, and gear of the ship. If any contagious disease has broken out, sprinkle this mixture of water and carbolic acid over the quarters and berths every day, and give your men an opportunity of using it for washing purposes, according to the directions given. Keep patients suffering from contagious diseases as far as possible from the rest of the crew. Scurvy.—Until very great changes are made, by mutual agreement on the part of owners and seamen, in the scales of diet now commonly used in long- voyage ships, this disease must be 'prevented by constant care in the giving out of lime juice. The operation of The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867 (extracts from which may be found at the end of this book) will ensure to all ships a genuine and palatable supply of this article. The juice will con- tain sufficient rum or other spirit to give it a 6 groggy ! flavour. All vessels proceeding east of the Cape of Good Hope and west of Cape Horn should be furnished with a supply sufficient for at least twelve months, and vessels to all other ports with a supply