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etiforced, and proper attention to the interior economy was 

 paid, it rarely happened, indeed, that much difficuUy was ex- 

 perienced iu eradicating the contagion. As our success i;i 

 the prevention," adds he, " was so great, all that remains 

 for me is to mention the substance of general Baird's order to 

 the army on the subject. 



" 1st, To everv hospital, an observation-room, or in licti 

 of it a tent was attached ; and to it every case whatever with 

 febrile symptoms was sent, as soon as discovered, and was 

 there most strictly watched by the surgeon. 



" 2dly, On any symptoms of the plague appearing, the 

 case was instantly sent to t!'>e pest-house from the observa- 

 tion-room of the regimental hospital : the patient was ac- 

 companied by the medical gentlemen of this corps who 

 attended him, and who gave the medical gentlemen at 

 the pest-house an account t)f the previous treatment of the 

 case. 



" If any doubt remained, the patient in the first in'^tancc 

 was placed in the observation-room of the pest-house; and, 

 if the disease did not tarn out to be plague, he v.as sent to- 

 the quarantine. 



" 3dly, In every corps, and in every department, a minute 

 inspection bv the surgeon was made twice a week ; and every' 

 person with the smallest appearance of il!-healih was sent 

 to the hospital. 



*' 4thiy, Every corps or hospital, where a case of plague 

 had appeared, was put into a state of quarantine ; and, in 

 such corps or hospital, an inspection by the surgeons wa» 

 made at least two or three times a day ; and every case with 

 suspicious svmptoms was ordered to the observation-room, 



" 5thly, In suspected corps it w^as ordered, that, under 

 the inspection of a commissioned officer, every person 

 should be bathed more frequently, and at staled periods ;. 

 and, likewise, thai all their clothing and bedding should be 

 frequently washed and baked. To all the hospitals, ovens 

 and smokirtg-rooms were attached. 



" 6thly, Quarters of corps, hospitals, and ground of en- 

 campments, were frequently changed. 



" 7thly, Much is to be attributed to the nitrous fumiga- 

 tion. In several instances it was attended with the bestr 

 eflccts. The lamps, with this, were kept constantly burn- 

 ing in the observation-rooms, and in ihe rooms from which 

 the cases of the plague had come. Vessels, with the ma- 

 terials for the fumigation, were likewise placed under the 

 beds, and in the corners of the roomi. When our slock of 

 nitre was at length exhausted, we substituted marine salt 



for 



