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



Tables of causes, or assigned causes, of 269 acute Cases admitted into the 

 Hospital of Her Majesty's 15th Hussars, from 1st April 1844 to Zlst 

 March 1845. 







A 



No. and Diseases. 



Causes or supposed exciting causes. 



V 



O 

 5 



Fever, 48. .... 



To cold caught on line, mess, and bazar guards, •• 





,, by lying opposite doors or windows 







left open in Barracks, .. .. 



1 





,, by lying in verandah, .. .... 



4 





,, by exposure to night air and lying 







in a wet cloak, .. .... 



1 





,, by getting wet in the rain, but can- 







not tell when, .. .... 



7 





,, by lying on damp ground, .... 



1 





,, at early lines and field exercise at 







4 A. M., .. .. .... 



2 





To exposure to the sun on duty at stables 10 a. m. 



1 





,, while walking in the bazar 11 a.m. 



4 





,, while out shooting, .. .... 



1 





Know no cause for their diseases, . . .... 



15 





Intemperance, .. .. 



6 



Dysentery, 89 



To cold caught on Barrack guard, 



,, by lying opposite doors and windows 



2 







6 





,, by lying in the verandah, 



4 





,, by lying on the cold flags, hospital 







guard,.. 



2 





. ,, cannot tell how, .. 



13 





,, by getting wet in the rain at funerals 



6 





,, ditto coming from canteen, 



1 





,, at early morning lines, 



3 





,, by exposure to a current of air when 







in a perspiration, 



1 





,, by drinking cold-water in a perspira- 







tion, .. 



I 





To eating cabbage for dinner, .. 



1 





Know no cause, .. .. .. 



42 



r 



Intemperance, 



7 



Hepatitis, 34. .... 



To cold caught by lying opposite open doors and 







windows at night, 



6 





,, by lying on cold flags, 



1 





,, by getting wet in rain while carrying 





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orders to officers' quarters, 

 ,, by walking without shoes on the cold 

 flags, .. .. .. ,. 



2 





,, but cannot tell how, 



6 





Know no cause, 



18 



Rheumatism, 45... 



To cold caught on line guard, . . 



„ by pulling off their jackets when in 



3 





a perspiration, 



2 





,, by opposite doors or windows left 







open,.. .. .. 



4 





,, but cannot tell how, .. 



7 





,, by a current of air when shoeing 







horses, 



1 





,, by getting wet in the rain, 



3 





,, by lying on cold flags, 



2 





To a jerk when on horseback, 



I 





To intemperance, 



3 





Know no cause, .. .. .. 



19 



