THE MERCANTILE MARINE MEDICAL SERVICE.

Scurvy in the British Mercantile Marine in the 19th century, and the contribution of the Seamen's Hospital Society.

When long voyages in sailing vessels were commonplace, scurvy was a major health hazard in mariners of all nations. The observations of James Lind (1716-94) and others indicated that citrus fruits had both a preventive and curative role in this disease. In the light of this work, by 1800 the disease had been virtually eliminated from Britain's Royal Navy. However, it continued in the merchant n...

The ability of the emergency medical service personnel to take patients’ medical history

Objective: The key point to detect patients’ need in pre-hospital emergency is to have high ability to take medical history. All research findings show that this ability is low. The objective of this research is to investigate the ability to take medical history of patients among the personnel of pre-hospital emergency medical service (EMS) in Golestan province, Iran.Methods: This researc...

The Indian Medical Service

to Netley for a two-months' course after studying for a similar period in Loudon. The Royal Army Medical College will not probably be completed for two <>r three years; indeed the foundation-stone of the new building has not been as yet laid, and until this building has been raised and fitted, entrants into the Indian Medical Service will probably continue to be sent to Netley; the R. A. M. C. ...

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formerly. The question of free passages is still under discussion. It affects the whole army and other Indian services?not the I. M. S. alone. The Secretary of State has promised that the military side of the I. M. S. will be treated exactly as combatant officers; and those in civil employ will receive the same concessions, if any, as other officers in civil employ. Taking ail things into consi...

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