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A Sketch Of The History And Cure Of Febrile Diseases: More Particularly As They Appear In The West-Indies Among The Soldiers Of The British Army (Volu

A Sketch Of The History And Cure Of Febrile Diseases: More Particularly As They Appear In The West-Indies Among The Soldiers Of The British Army (Volu

Jackson, Robert

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Medical ReferenceGenealogy & HeraldryGeneral Military History

ISBN10: 9354440134
ISBN13: 9789354440137
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 17 2021
Pages: 454
Weight: 1.46
Height: 1.01 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On Caribbean battlefields, fever often killed more men than enemy fire. War left its own fevers. In A Sketch Of The History And Cure Of Febrile Diseases, Volume I, army physician Robert Jackson records, with unsparing clarity, the tropical fevers in soldiers that ravaged British Army health in the late 18th century West Indies. More than a dry manual, this historical medical treatise reads as a frontline testimony from the age of sail and empire, where climate, contagion, and campaign life converged. Drawing on years of service across British colonial medicine, Jackson traces the history of epidemics in garrisons and ships, charts patterns of fever, and debates the febrile disease treatment strategies available to an era before germ theory. His detailed observations on environment, diet, discipline, and care create a landmark of military medical history and a foundational tropical medicine classic. For medical historians, students of the 18th century West Indies, and anyone seeking a serious reference for military doctors and colonial administrators, it offers an unvarnished view of practice under extreme conditions and the struggle to understand disease long before modern diagnostics. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure, this classic medical reprint suits curious general readers drawn to the human stories behind science as much as serious researchers building a library of primary sources on British Army health and tropical fevers in soldiers.

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