An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in GermanyMonro, Donald
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An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany
Monro, Donald
Medicine, Military; Military hospitals; Military hygiene; Seven Years' War, 1756-1763 -- Medical care
9. That for the better executing these Regulations, orderly Serjeants
or Corporals be appointed for the Care of the Men; who shall mount a
Guard of six or more of such of the Patients of the said Hospital as
are fit for this Duty--That the Serjeants are to call a Roll of all
the Patients regularly three Times a Day, before Breakfast, Dinner,
and Supper; to see that the Men behave themselves soberly and
decently; and that they keep themselves clean, and commit no Riots;
and to confine in the Guard such as commit Riots and other
Irregularities, or whom they find drunk, or who stay out all Night;
and to report the same to the Officer on Duty.
10. That an Officer on convalescent Duty do visit the said Hospital
daily at the Times of Roll-calling, to see that every Thing be carried
on properly; and to receive the Reports from the Serjeants, and give
what Orders he may think proper for the better regulating the said
Hospital.
11. That if at any Time it should happen that there are more
Convalescents than the Hospital can hold conveniently, a Review be
made of all the Patients, and the strongest and most healthy be sent
to Billet.
12. That a Review be always made, when any Party is going to join the
Army, to pick out the Men who are fit to join their Regiments.
The Physical Officers employed in the Military Hospitals, are
Physicians, Surgeons, and Apothecaries.
No Person ought to be appointed a Physician to the Army, or Military
Hospitals, without previously undergoing the same Examination at the
College of Physicians, as those do who enter Fellows and Licentiates
of the College, that none but proper Persons may be employed. On such
Examinations the Physician General to the Army ought to be allowed to
sit as one of the Censors of the College.
The Surgeons are all obliged to pass an Examination at Surgeons Hall
before they are appointed, and the Apothecaries ought in like Manner
to pass an Examination at Apothecaries Hall.
The Mates employed in the Service ought, previous to their
Appointment, to be examined both in Surgery and Pharmacy, as the
Service commonly requires their acting in both Branches.
The Direction of all Military Hospitals ought always to be committed
to the Physicians, who have the immediate Care of Hospitals.
When an Army is acting on a Continent, and there is a Number of
Hospitals in different Places, the Physician who attends the Commander
in Chief ought to be made Physician General and Director of the
Hospitals, with proper Appointments; and all Orders from Head Quarters
ought to go immediately thro’ this Channel.
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