Statistical Report Of The Sickness And Mortality In The Army Of The United States Complied From The Records Of The Surgeon Generals Office Embracing A Period Of Five Years From January 1855 To January 1860

Author : United States Surgeon-General's Office
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334737527
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Statistical Report of the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United States written by United States Surgeon-General's Office and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-23 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Statistical Report of the Sickness and Mortality in the Army of the United States: Compiled From the Records of the Surgeon General's Office; Embracing a Period of Five Years, From January, 1855, to January, 1860 The mattresses and other articles, which drifted to the island, and which were alleged to have propagated the disease, were collected and burned by the police parties of the garrison who were quartered in Fort Columbus and Castle W'illiams, and who escaped the disease. The police parties handled and otherwise came in contact with these articles - why did they not contract the disease as well as the drummer boys? Furthermore, the first case of the disease which occurred here, was not at South Battery, but in Rotten Row, and the patient had never been exposed to the cause which was imagined to have arisen from the articles that had drifted from quarantine. These facts carry with them conclusive evidence to my mind, that the bedding, straw, clothing, &c., which drifted to the island, had no connection whatever with the existence of the epidemic. I think I have shown that there was nothing on Governor's Island that could have given origin to the disease. And if we assent to the old proverb, ex nihilo, nihil fit, then must we search elsewhere for its causes. All agree that yellow fever can be generated on board of vessels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.