Directions for preserving the health of soldiers : recommended to the consideration of the officers of the Army of the United States

Directions for preserving the health of soldiers : recommended to the consideration of the officers of the Army of the United States

Pennsylvania Packet

Lancaster [Pa.] : Printed by John Dunlap ..., 1778.

8 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)

L2013F1 1778

(OCoLC)14858556

First published in the Pennsylvania Packet, no. 284, 1777.
"At a Board of War, September 5th, 1777. Ordered, that Doctor B. Rush be requested to re-publish as a small pamphlet ..." signed: Richard Peters, Secretary.
Outlines the officer's role & responsibbility for the health of his soldiers; emphasizes that "fatal experience has taught the people of America that a greater proportion of men have perished with sickness in our armies than have fallen by the sword ... The art of preserving the health of a soldier consists in attending to the following particulars: I. Dress. II. Diet. III. Cleanliness. IV. Encampments. and V. Exercises ..."
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Evans 16064
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