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John Elliot, The medical pocket-book, 1784

This encyclopedia of popular medical practice lists common diseases and treatments. The pages are interleaved with manuscript notes by an unnamed reader who contrasts John Elliot’s recommendations with information culled from an English translation of John Brown’s Elementa medicinae—probably the edition printed in London in 1795.

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Elliot Arthy, The seaman's medical advocate, 1798

Arthy, a naval surgeon, outlines the heavy losses to the British navy due to yellow fever, suggesting ways to limit the exposure of seamen, and calling for more and better educated naval surgeons to treat them.

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