{"product_id":"a-letter-to-the-right-honourable-the-secretary-at-war-on-sickness-and-mortality-in-the-west-indies-being-a-review-of-captain-tulloch-s-statistical-report-paperback-9781108023115","title":"A Letter to the Right Honourable, the Secretary at War, on Sickness and Mortality in the West Indies; Being a Review of Captain Tulloch’s Statistical Report (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108023115","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Letter to the Right Honourable, the Secretary at War, on Sickness and Mortality in the West Indies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing a Review of Captain Tulloch’s Statistical Report\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1839 work examines the problems of disease in the army in the West Indies, and suggests methods for improvement.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSir Andrew Halliday (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108023115, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e74 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 4.4 cm, 0.11 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSir Andrew Halliday (1782–1839) served as a surgeon in the Peninsular War, and then as a royal physician. In 1832 he was appointed Inspector of Hospitals in the West Indies until ill-health forced his return to Scotland. This 1839 pamphlet contains his recommendations to the Secretary of War, concerning the major losses suffered by the army in the West Indies due to illness. It was written in response to the Tulloch report presented to Parliament on the subject the previous year. This showed that the average death rate for soldiers there was almost six times higher than those in Britain, and in some islands considerably higher, due to dysentery, yellow fever and malaria. Halliday believed that many of these deaths were preventable, if medical advice was consulted on the siting of barracks, the daily regimes within them, and sanitation, and if doctors had the authority to implement changes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLetter to Right Hon. Lord Viscount Howick, Secretary at War.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of medicine [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of medicine\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20medicine%20%5BMBX%5D%22\"\u003eMBX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265958596888,"sku":"9781108023115","price":21.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108023115i_af737263-d3a0-470d-863d-d5333d339d90.jpg?v=1694869752","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-letter-to-the-right-honourable-the-secretary-at-war-on-sickness-and-mortality-in-the-west-indies-being-a-review-of-captain-tulloch-s-statistical-report-paperback-9781108023115","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}