Title: An account of the experiment made at the desire of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, on board the Union hospital ship, to determine the effect of the nitrous acid in destroying contagion, and the safety with which it may be employed
Subjects: Hospital ships, Early works to 1800, Disinfection and disinfectants, Nitrous acid, Communicable diseases, Prevention, Disease Outbreaks, Naval Medicine, Disinfectants, Union (Hospital ship), Great Britain. Royal Navy
People: George John Spencer Spencer Earl (1758-1834)