MEDICAL SKETCHES
OF THE
EXPEDITION TO EGYPT,
FROM INDIA.
BY JAMES M‘GREGOR, A.M.
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, of London;
Surgeon to the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards;
and lately Superintending Surgeon to the Indian Army in Egypt.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR JOHN MURRAY, 32, FLEET-STREET;
BELL AND BRADFUTE, EDINBURGH; AND
GILBERT AND HODGES, DUBLIN.
1804.
W. Marchant, Printer, 3, Greville-Street, Holborn.
TO
SIR LUCAS PEPYS, BART.
Physician General, &c. &c.
THOMAS KEATE, ESQ. F. R. S.
Surgeon General, &c. &c.
AND TO
FRANCIS KNIGHT, ESQ.
Inspector General of Hospitals, &c. &c.
The Members of the Army Medical Board,
THESE SKETCHES
are dedicated, with the utmost respect,
by their most obedient
and very humble servant,
JAMES M‘GREGOR.
CONTENTS.
| INTRODUCTION | [v-xv] |
| [PART I.] | |
| Journal of the Indian Expedition to Egypt | [1-55] |
| [PART II.] | |
| Of the Causes of the Diseases which prevailed in the Indian Army | [56-97] |
| [PART III.] | |
| Of the Diseases of the Indian Army in Egypt | [99] |
| FIRST, THE ENDEMIC DISEASES OF EGYPT. | |
| Of the Plague | [100-146] |
| Of the Ophthalmia of Egypt | [146-159] |
| General Remarks on the Diseases | [160-161] |
| SECONDLY, OF THE OTHER DISEASES OF THE INDIAN ARMY. | |
| Fever | [162-170] |
| Hepatitis | [171-180] |
| Dysentery | [181-192] |
| Pneumonia and Rheumatism | [193-194] |
| Small-Pox | [195-197] |
| Diarrhœa | [198] |
| Scurvy | [199] |
| Syphilis | [200-201] |
| The Guinea-Worm | [202-217] |
| Ulcers | [218] |
| Tetanus | [219-222] |
| General Remarks on the Yellow Fever, and the Resemblance which this Disease bears to the Plague | [223-238] |
| [Table I.] The Points of Resemblance between the Plague and the Yellow Fever. | |
| [Table II.] State of the Diseases and Deaths in the Indian Army. | |