MODERN NAVAL HYGIENE. By DR. LEROY DE MERICOURT, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE, (Chief of the Statistical Department of the French Navy.) TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY JOHN BUCKLEY, STAFf-Surgeon, GRIFFIN & CO., (Publishers to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh.) 15, COCKSPUR STREET, PALL MALL, LONDON. AND 2, THE HARD, PORTSEA, PORTSMOUTH. 1875. DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, ΤΟ SIR A. ARMSTRONG, K.C.B., I.L.D., F.R.S., DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ROYAL NAVY, IN RECOGNITION OF HIS UNCEASING EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE HYGIENIC CONDITION OF THE ROYAL NAVY. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. THIS, I believe, is the first attempt to present in an English dress the mass of knowledge we have acquired on a subject full of interest to Naval Surgeons. I hope it will prove of some assistance to my brother officers when they are consulted on matters liable to affect the general health of the ship's company, and I venture to hope that Commanding Officers of ships will derive some benefit from its perusal by having their attention directed to matters, trifling in appearance, but which in the long run exert an injurious influence on the health of the men, for Captains and Doctors must work together to attain the desired end, the physical well-being of the seamen committed to their joint charge. The article on lead poisoning is very exhaustive but fortunately for us does not possess the same melancholy interest which it does for our colleagues |