Medical History of H. M. \5th Hussars. 



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Table of causes or assigned causes of acute disease from 1st April 1840, 

 toSlst March 1845. 



Causes or supposed exciting causes. 



Who impute their diseases to cold caught by 

 exposure to currents of air on line or 

 Barrack guard, or lying on damp bed,.. .. 



Who impute their diseases to cold caught 

 in their posts on the different Regimental 

 guards, at early lines 4£ a.m., or by going 

 round with the relief, 



Who impute their diseases to cold caught by 

 exposure to the night air, of by sleeping op- 

 posite to doors and windows left open in the 

 Barracks, or while prisoners in the guard 

 room or defaulter's room, or on Police or 

 Paymaster's guard, or going to privy, or 

 shoeing horses on the line of march, or by 

 lying under trees, 



Who impute their diseases to cold caught, but 

 cannot particularize how 



Who impute their disease to cold caught in 

 the rain, when at watering order, ball prac- 

 tice, going round with relief, washing horses 

 and bathing 



Who impute their diseases to cold caught by 

 change of the weather, cold mornings, neg- 

 lecting to put on their flannels, or changing 

 clothes when perspiring, 



Who impute their diseases to drinking cold 

 water,buttermilk,or lemonade, when heated, 



Who impute their diseases to superintending 

 boiling gram, or getting ears picked, 



Who impute their disease, to exposure to the 

 sun while on sentry, or barrack line, or 

 gram guard at lines, midday punishment 

 drills, and heat of weather, 



Who impute their diseases to diet, as having 

 eat curry and rice, bacon and eggs, pork, 

 mangoes, mango puddings, cucumbers, 

 water melon, guavas, sour oranges, bad 

 coffee, porter, cold water, or ginger beer, . . 



Who impute their diseases to riding or falls 

 or kicks from their horses, or blows, or cos- 

 tiveness, or blowing on instruments in the 

 band, or coughing, and the bite of a mad 

 dog, .. .. .. 



Whose diseases were caused by intemperance, 



Who know no cause for their diseases, but 

 have been drinking, 



Who know no cause for their diseases, 



Who imputes his disease to cold caught when 

 sitting up with race horses, .. .. . . 



Who impute their diseases to cold caught in 

 the rain while carrying orders to officers' 

 quarters, walking without shoes, getting wet 

 at funeral parties, or coming from the 

 canteen, .. .. ... .. 



Diseases re-admitted from the above, chang- 

 ing to other acute affections, .. .. 





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