A Letter to the Right Honourable, the Secretary at War, on Sickness and Mortality in the West Indies: Being a Review of Captain Tulloch's Statistical

by Andrew Halliday

Book Overview

Sir Andrew Halliday (1782-1839) served as a surgeon in the Peninsular War, and then as a royal physician. In 1832 he was appointed Inspector of Hospitals in the West Indies until ill-health forced his return to Scotland. This 1839 pamphlet contains his recommendations to the Secretary of War, concerning the major losses suffered by the army in the West Indies due to illness. It was written in response to the Tulloch report presented to Parliament...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108023118
• ISBN13: 9781108023115
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"