Medical Suggestions for the Treatment of Dysentery, of Intermittent and Remittent Fevers, as Generally Prevalent at Certain Seasons among Troops in the Field

intermittent and remittent Fevers, as generally prevalent at certain Seasons among Troops in the Field. By E. S. So me itS) M. D. & c. Physician in Chief to the Allied Armies in the Peninsula. 8vo. pp.78. London, 1816. The subject of this slender volume is one of no trifling interest to the leaders of fleets and armies, as well as to medical practitioners. Many ̂ a well-planned expedition lias failed, in consequence of the ravages of dysentery alone ; and more of our brave countrymen were swept off by this scourge, during the peninsular war, than by the sword of the enemy. Several plans of treatment have been recommended by different authors of late years; all the result of experience, and each insisted on as the best