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and

- prevalent during the last year, unusually difficult to cure. Out of 48

cases, acute and chronic, there

Aver.c

17 deaths,

and to these must be added five other fatal

cales

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other

of dysentery supervening diseases; to that the deaths from dysentery

- alone have exceeded one half the whole

number

of deaths

dawng

the year

h

the 15th Regiment, the suumber of deaths. fromd this disease was 10, but the large number of 94 deattis is stated to have

arilen

may

from

intermittent = fever

, and it

f

be reasonably suspected that som with dysentery. complicated. Rheumation stands next in the

these were

discuses. Although record of the most frequent discuses. less fatal, it is

it is hardly less intractable than In most of the cases which

dysentery

have

Come

under

trace their ea

my

early origin

observation, I could

to venereal taint.

The vicissitudes of this climate favour

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the development and progress of the dicendo, and it is rarely eradicated without the influence of a decided and prolonged change of climate. In the squadron stationed in this harbour it has proved a distressing

were 14.35′′

and unmanageable disease. In the chamanis Hospital those of rheumation per cost of all the case's treated.

The foregoing record does not indicate accurately the number of venereal cases. Many patients suffering from other diseases, and admitted into hospital

were also suffering

account of the latter,

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from venereal disease . It presents itself

on this place in a form of peculiar virulend

rarely

and malignity, such as I believe is witnessed. It is difficult to acement for its

severity; it may

unirmmon

be that it.

accumulates intensity from it's prolonged and undisturbed existence in the unhappy

creatures who are the sources

it. All

of it.