Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . fromwet and other injuries of weather, formed the chief part ofCooks hygienic code. The condition of the sick and wounded in the Armywas very bad at the beginnhig of the eighteenth first improvement was introduced, doubtless at Pringiessuggestion, when the Earl of Stair proposed to the Duke MEDICINE AXD PUBLIC HEALTH, nsj,-lSu, .579 of Noailles, in 1742, that the hospitals of the opposing Militar
Social England : a record of the progress of the people in religion, laws, learning, arts, industry, commerce, science, literature and manners, from the earliest times to the present day . fromwet and other injuries of weather, formed the chief part ofCooks hygienic code. The condition of the sick and wounded in the Armywas very bad at the beginnhig of the eighteenth first improvement was introduced, doubtless at Pringiessuggestion, when the Earl of Stair proposed to the Duke MEDICINE AXD PUBLIC HEALTH, nsj,-lSu, .579 of Noailles, in 1742, that the hospitals of the opposing Militaryforces should bo considered as sanctuaries for the sick and ^y^^^^®-should be nuitually protected. This arrangement was ap-proved, and Avas rigidly enforced during the campaign inthe Low Countries. It had been usual, before this asree-. SIU JOIIX PRIXGLE, EV SUI J. (Bij permission of the Itoyal Socletii.) ment was entered into, to remove the sick to a considerabledistance from the camp upon the approach of the necessaril)^ called away the medical officers from thefighting line, and so led to the death of many men forwant of timely aid and skilful assistance. The good workbegun by Pringle was ably carried out by Sir GilbertBlane, who was first the physician to Lord Rodneys fieet,then a physician to St. Thomass Hospital, and afterwards 580 BEVOLUTION AXD REACTION. a comniissioner to the Admiralt}- for the care of sick andwounded sailors. Sir Gilbert Blane made special arrange-ments for the provisioning of ships on foreign stations, andhe was very particular that they should be supplied withan abundance of lemon-juice. He was also consulted on thesubject of quarantine, the arrangement of hulks and someof the prisons on shore, as well as with respect to thetransportation of convicts, on all of which
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