Experiences of a civilian in Eastern military hospitals : with observations on the English, French and other medical departments and the organization of military medical schools and hospitals / by Peter Pincoffs.

  • Pincoffs, Peter, 1816-1872.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Experiences of a civilian in Eastern military hospitals : with observations on the English, French and other medical departments and the organization of military medical schools and hospitals / by Peter Pincoffs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    CHAPTER IIL Situation and climate of Constantinople — Causes of dis- ease, epidemic and endemic — Diseases of the natives and treatment requii'ed — Modification of treatment ne- cessary for new-comers — Own correspondents — State of Scutari hospitals 1854—55 — Erroneous impres- sions stiir existing abroad. Constantinople is built upon seven hills; within the numerous little vallies formed by these terminal decli- vities of the Balkan range, all the causes of epidemic disease abound. The soil, fertile in itself, is ren- dered more so by the numerous streamlets and by the abundance of decaying animal matter, amongst which a genial climate favours the rapid growth of Aveeds and vegetables \vhich decay with corresponding ra- pidity , and are unfortunately not scoured by the nu- merous wolfish dogs and birds of prey, the sole sca- vengers at work , and they only appointed by nature's providential board of health. It has often been re- marked that in Turkey every thing is at variance with the customs and habits of Western Europe; to the numerous instances of contraries mentioned in Mur- ray's Handbook for Turkey (page 27) I can add the fact, that the many mischievous influences which here