Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are
able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the
public for several reasons. That's quite a pity while these books contains
useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor
accessible.
P. 95: “It was my intention to give an account of this corps, but on inquiry and investigation I ascertained that it had fallen into a state of as much neglect as the navy itself, and that very little information worthy of notice could be elicited respecting its present or past condition. The government in 1832 had a book of regulation's made for the improvement of the corps, which was presented to the king for his approval, but owing to some change in the ministry it was not approved, and therefore the regulations have not taken effect. It appears, however, that all the medical officers of the navy are educated at the public expense, and after a certain term of active service are allowed to retire and engage in private business. Among them are a number who have filled professorships at Cadiz, and other places; and of the former was doctor Pedro Maria Gonzalez, a man of distinguished learning and abilities. He published in 1805 a work, in my possession, upon the Diseases of Seamen; in which he makes known their causes, and the method of treatment, and gives a vast deal of useful information respecting the provisions best suited for mariners, and the proper manner of preserving them, and also concerning nautical hygiene. This work is written in chaste Castilian, is well worthy of perusal, and is still one of the most popular books in the kingdom.”
Source
G.R.B. Horner, M.D., USN. Medical and Topographical observations upon the Mediterranean; and upon Portugal, Spain, and other countries. Philadelphia, 1839.
P. 95: “It was my intention to give an account of this corps, but on inquiry and investigation I ascertained that it had fallen into a state of as much neglect as the navy itself, and that very little information worthy of notice could be elicited respecting its present or past condition. The government in 1832 had a book of regulation's made for the improvement of the corps, which was presented to the king for his approval, but owing to some change in the ministry it was not approved, and therefore the regulations have not taken effect. It appears, however, that all the medical officers of the navy are educated at the public expense, and after a certain term of active service are allowed to retire and engage in private business. Among them are a number who have filled professorships at Cadiz, and other places; and of the former was doctor Pedro Maria Gonzalez, a man of distinguished learning and abilities. He published in 1805 a work, in my possession, upon the Diseases of Seamen; in which he makes known their causes, and the method of treatment, and gives a vast deal of useful information respecting the provisions best suited for mariners, and the proper manner of preserving them, and also concerning nautical hygiene. This work is written in chaste Castilian, is well worthy of perusal, and is still one of the most popular books in the kingdom.”
Source
G.R.B. Horner, M.D., USN. Medical and Topographical observations upon the Mediterranean; and upon Portugal, Spain, and other countries. Philadelphia, 1839.
