Notes on the medical topography of the interior of Ceylon : and on the health of the troops employed in the Kandyan Provinces, during the years 1815, 1816, 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 ; with brief remarks on the prevailing diseases
By: by Henry Marshall
Contributors: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Publisher: printed for Burgess and Hill
Published: 1821
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Medical Topography; Endemic Diseases
Notes: Note: Marshall was born in Stirlingshire, studied in Glasgow, and served in the Navy before becoming an assistant surgeon in the Army, serving in South America, The Cape and in Ceylon. From an early period he took an interest in the medical statistics of the Army and he devoted his life to their study. The outcome was a considerable reform in the treatment of soldiers, especially in the tropics, which improved their condition and greatly increased the efficiency of the Army as a fighting force.

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