Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries : particularly on those in the East Indies, and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain / by John Clark.

  • Clark, John, 1744-1805.
Date:
1792
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Credit: Observations on the diseases which prevail in long voyages to hot countries : particularly on those in the East Indies, and on the same diseases as they appear in Great Britain / by John Clark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Poh, By Baa sOyeie HE firft edition of the following work was publifhed, in the ‘year 1773, at the requeft of Sir JouN SIL- VESTER; who, at that time, prefided over the medical concerns of the Eaft India Company. The materials, of which it was compofed, were the refult of expe- ‘rience and attentive obfervation; and it ferved to beguile the tedioufnefs of many a vacant hour at fea, to collect and arrange them. The favourable reception the work met | with on its firft appearance, and the fre- quent applications for another impreflion, for fome years paft, have induced the author to revife this edition with all the care and attention in his power, and to make fuch alterations and additions, as, he hopes, will render his labours {till more acceptable. The following edition is divided into three parts. The firft contains an account aoe the weather and difeafes which occurred in two voyages to India; together with fhort topographical defcriptions of the iflands, and