[204] Trotter, Medicina Nautica, I. 61. His general abstracts of the health of the fleet in the first years of the French War, 1794-96, give many instances of ship-typhus.
[205] John Clark, M.D. Observations on the Diseases which prevail in Long Voyages to Hot Countries, &c. London, 1773. 2nd ed. 2 vols., 1792.
John Lorimer, M.D., published in Med. Facts and Observations, VI. 211, a “Return of the ships’ companies and military on board the ships of the H. E. I. C. for the years 1792 and 1793.”
| Outward voyages | Homeward voyages | ||||
| Crew | Military | Crew | Invalids | ||
| Number of men | 2657 | 3919 | 2701 | 1075 | — |
| Sick | 1253 | 1751 | 1058 | 282 | 1533 |
| Dead | 28 | 50 | 51 | 27 | 96 |
[206] Reflections and Resolutions for the Gentlemen of Ireland, p. 28. Cited by Lecky.
[207] Sutton, “Changing Air in Ships,” Phil. Trans. XLII. 42; W. Watson, M.D. ibid. p. 62; H. Ellis, ibid. XLVII. 211.
[208] Ibid. XLIX. 332, “Ventilation of a Transport.”
[209] Ibid. pp. 333, 339.
[210] Lind, Essay on the Most Effectual Means of Preserving the Health of Seamen in the Royal Navy. New Ed. London, 1774, p. 29.
[211] Blane, Diseases incident to Seamen, 1785, p. 243.