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Section XIV. 



MEDICINE AND MEDICAL 



STATISTICS. 



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By ALEXANDER BRYSON, Esq., M.P 



the naval force employed on 



the gre 

 foreifrn 



stations, that 



amongst the first things which will attract the attention of 

 a medical officer, are the effects produced on the consti- 

 tution hy a change of climate ; and the question of the 

 necessity or non-necessity of meeting this change by an 

 alteration of personal habits or modes of living ; whether 

 on entering the tropics it will be prudent to continue the 

 use of the same daily amount of food, to lessen its quan- 

 tity, or to adopt a diet less stimulant as regards fluids, 



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and more farinaceous as regards solids. Different view 

 have been adopted on this subject, some of them erro 



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, others extravagant, or only feasible were the 

 human body a mere m.achine ; while there is a third clas 

 founded on practical experience, and which is deserving 

 of the most respectful consideration. Opportunities to 

 simplify and reduce these into a more intelligible form 

 will not be found wanting in the naval service. 



In noting the meteoric changes which 



are likely ^ 



to 



